wind-up

短语
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n. 结局; 结论; 激怒; [棒]挥臂动作 a. 要上发条的

发音

CA /ˈwaɪndˌʌp/

词形变化

wind-ups 复数

别名

windup

教材释义与例句

名词

结局；结束；故意激怒或招惹某人

形容词

要上发条才能运转的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The end or conclusion of something.

    Everyone is invited to our end-of-term wind-up party.

  2. 2.

    The punch line of a joke or comedy routine.

  3. 3.

    A humorous attempt to fool somebody; a practical joke in which the victim is encouraged to believe something untrue.

    "Is this a wind-up, or what?" "No, no, it's true. He can really do it."

  4. 4.

    The phase of making a pitch where the pitcher moves his or her arm backwards before throwing the ball.

    体育 游戏

    He's into his wind-up. Here comes the pitch. Strike on the inside corner!

  5. 5.

    A circular hand gesture, supposed to represent the winding on of film, used to signal to a performer to finish quickly.

    媒体
adj.
  1. 1.

    Needing to be wound up in order to function.

    Maybe you could get a wind-up toy to distract him.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

closing completion culmination mop-up

上位词 3

ending conclusion termination

下位词 7

finish finishing graduation follow-through consummation finalisation finalization
形容词

近义相关 1

mechanical

词源

Deverbal from wind up.

来源：wiktionary