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the wind + verb
描述风的强弱或运动时，用 the wind 作主语，后接 blow、die down、pick up 等动词。
The wind picked up in the afternoon.
下午风变大了。
风；气流
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风；气流
A current of air, natural or artificially produced.
The wind picked up in the afternoon.
下午风变大了。
通常由对流或气压差引起的大气空气的实际或感知运动
Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
缠绕或转动的动作；转弯；弯曲；扭曲。
The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
从高压区向低压区流动的空气
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
由任何力量或动作人工产生的空气运动
Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
The strong wind blew the leaves across the yard.
强风把树叶吹过了院子。
AI contextual example
A cold wind came down from the mountains.
一股冷风从山上吹下来。
AI contextual example
The wind was so strong that it almost knocked me over.
风太大了，差点把我刮倒。
AI contextual example
trees bent under the fierce winds
树木在狂风中弯下了腰
WordNet
描述风的强弱或运动时，用 the wind 作主语，后接 blow、die down、pick up 等动词。
The wind picked up in the afternoon.
下午风变大了。
固定短语，意为“听到…的风声；获悉秘密”，后接名词或代词作宾语。
She got wind of the surprise party and pretended not to know.
她听到了那场惊喜派对的风声，却假装不知道。
in the wind 在此表示“即将发生；正在酝酿”，常用于说明某种趋势或变动。
Something big is in the wind.
一件大事正在酝酿之中。
Not this
It blows wind outside.
Use this
The wind is blowing outside.
汉语的“刮风”常被直译为“blow wind”，但英语中“wind”是风本身，作“blow”的主语（不及物用法），而不是宾语；更自然的说法是“The wind is blowing outside”或“It is windy outside”。
Not this
The wind in the room is bad, please open the window.
Use this
The air in the room is bad, please open the window.
汉语“风”也可指室内的空气状况，但英语“wind”指室外由气压差引起的空气流动；室内浑浊的气体应用“air”。这是中英文词义范围不同造成的误用。
Not this
Wind is strong today, so we can fly a kite.
Use this
The wind is strong today, so we can fly a kite.
汉语没有冠词，容易漏掉英语的定冠词。这里的“wind”特指“今天的风”，是特定的自然现象，须用“the wind”；泛指“风”时才用不可数形式“wind”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
强风
The strong wind knocked over several trees.
强风刮倒了几棵树。
风速
The wind speed reached 60 miles per hour during the storm.
暴风雨期间风速达到了每小时60英里。
风向
They checked the wind direction before launching the kite.
放风筝前他们检查了风向。
一阵风
A sudden gust of wind blew the papers off the desk.
突然一阵风把桌上的文件吹落了。
逆风
The cyclists struggled to ride against the wind.
自行车手们逆风骑行很吃力。
风力涡轮机
The wind turbine generates electricity for the village.
这台风力涡轮机为村庄发电。
听到风声；获悉秘密消息
If the press gets wind of the deal, we're in trouble.
如果媒体听到这笔交易的风声，我们就有麻烦了。
不顾一切；冒险行事
She threw caution to the wind and quit her job to travel the world.
她不顾一切地辞去工作去环游世界。
使某人泄气；挫败某人的锐气
When he failed the exam, it really took the wind out of his sails.
考试不及格让他非常泄气。
答案，我的朋友，在风中飘荡。
Bob Dylan wrote this line in the 1962 song 'Blowin' in the Wind'.
鲍勃·迪伦在1962年的歌曲《答案在风中飘荡》中写下了这句歌词。
在我看来，你的一生就像风中之烛。
Elton John performed 'Candle in the Wind' at Princess Diana's funeral.
埃尔顿·约翰在戴安娜王妃的葬礼上演唱了《风中之烛》。
Use wind (n.) naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象w是两股弯曲的气流，i是风中飘动的小旗，nd是旗杆——整个词就是风在吹。
语域：neutral 常见场景：weather forecasts、casual conversation、descriptive writing 此处指自然界的风（空气流动）。该义项在日常口语和书面语中都比较常见，语体通常属中性，正式与非正式场合均可使用。
名词 wind 有两个读音：作“风”等义讲时读 /wɪnd/，与 sinned、pinned、grinned 同韵；作“缠绕、弯曲”等义讲时（也见于动词）读 /waɪnd/，与 kind、mind、find 同韵。拼写相同的 -ind 在这两类词中读音不同，不要仅凭拼写类推。
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