the/a windmill + [intransitive verb]
windmill 是可数名词，复数形式为 windmills；常与 turn、stand 等动词连用。
The windmill turns slowly in the breeze.
风车在微风中缓缓转动。
风车
windmills — plural of windmill
将风的线性运动转化为旋转运动的机器；由风力驱动的磨坊；容纳风车机械的建筑物或构筑物。；从风中提取可用能量的发电机；儿童玩具,风吹时叶片旋转
将风的线性运动转化为旋转运动的机器
A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.
由风力驱动的磨坊
a mill that is powered by the wind
容纳风车机械的建筑物或构筑物。
The building or structure containing such machinery.
从风中提取可用能量的发电机
generator that extracts usable energy from winds
儿童玩具,风吹时叶片旋转
A child's toy consisting of vanes mounted on a stick that rotate when blown by a person or by the wind.
手臂先做圆周摆动再将球扣入篮筐的扣篮。
A dunk where the dunker swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball through the hoop.
投球手在投球前手臂做圆周运动的投球
A pitch where the pitcher swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball.
扫弦手模仿风车转动的吉他动作。
A guitar move where the strumming hand mimics a turning windmill.
一种霹雳舞动作,舞者上身在地板上沿圆周连续翻滚,经过上胸、肩部与背部,双腿在空中呈V字形旋转。
A breakdancing move in which the dancer rolls their torso continuously in a circular path on the floor, across the upper chest, shoulders and back, while twirling the legs in a V shape in the air.
一种锻炼肌肉的动作,身体大幅画圆；典型做法是将壶铃举过头顶,躯干向另一侧旋转,手触及脚,有时甚至像雨刷一样摆动。
Any of various muscle exercises in which a large deal of the body makes a great circle, typically one where a kettlebell is raised overhead and the torso is rotated to the other side with the hand reaching its foot (hitting the core, glutes, hamstrings, trapezius, rhomboids, deltoids and rotator cuffs) but sometimes even a windshield wiper.
各种麝凤蝶属的大型凤蝶,翅似风车叶片。
Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Byasa, the wings of which resemble the vanes of a windmill.
假阵雨。
The false shower.
想象中的敌人,却被视为真实。
An imaginary enemy, but presented as real.
旋转如风车的行为。
The act of windmilling.
一种战术,棋子反复获得子力,同时造成一系列不可避免的交替直接将军和闪将。
A tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains material, while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered checks.
The old windmill still turns slowly on the hill above the village.
那座古老的风车在村旁的山丘上依然缓慢转动。
用法提示：windmill 为名词单数，作主语，指风力驱动的风车。
Farmers used to rely on the windmill to grind their grain into flour.
农民们过去依靠风车把谷物磨成面粉。
用法提示：windmill 为名词单数，作介词 on 的宾语，指风车磨坊。
We saw several windmills standing along the coast during our trip.
我们在旅途中看到几座风车矗立在海边。
用法提示：windmills 是名词复数形式，作 saw 的宾语，指多座风车。
windmill 是可数名词，复数形式为 windmills；常与 turn、stand 等动词连用。
The windmill turns slowly in the breeze.
风车在微风中缓缓转动。
build、operate、use 等及物动词可直接以 windmill 作宾语。
They built a windmill near the river.
他们在河边建了一座风车。
用 there be 句型表达“某处有风车”，单复数和 be 动词保持一致。
There are several windmills in this region.
这个地区有几座风车。
grammar · medium
易错句子I saw windmill in the field.
正确表达I saw a windmill in the field.
windmill 是可数名词单数，作宾语时前面需要限定词（a）；汉语名词前没有冠词，所以容易漏掉 a。
grammar · medium
易错句子The windmill is turning slow.
正确表达The windmill is turning slowly.
修饰动词 turn 要用副词 slowly；slow 是形容词，只能修饰名词。汉语“慢”既可当形容词也可当副词，导致学习者把 slow 直接用来修饰动词。
windmill 指传统风车建筑，用于磨谷物或抽水；wind turbine 是风力发电装置，用途和构造不同，不能混用。
pinwheel 是儿童玩具或装饰用的风车，windmill 是实际工作的风车建筑；两者在中文里都可说“风车”，但所指物体不同。
windmill 靠风力驱动，watermill 靠水流驱动；两者都是磨坊，但动力来源不同，不能混用。
风车的翼板
The old windmill still has its original sails.
这座古老的风车仍保留着原来的翼板。
风车叶片
The windmill blades turned slowly in the breeze.
风车叶片在微风中缓缓转动。
风车泵
The windmill pump supplies water to the fields.
风车泵为农田供水。
风车村
We visited a traditional windmill village in the Netherlands.
我们参观了一个荷兰的传统风车村。
风车博物馆
The windmill museum explains how wind power was used in the past.
风车博物馆讲解了过去如何利用风能。
复合词：wind（风） + mill（磨坊/磨粉机）→ 风车；相关词：windy（有风的）、windbreaker（防风外套）、miller（磨坊主）
风是驱动风车运转的自然动力来源。
传统风车常被用来磨碎谷物。
涡轮机是现代利用风能发电的装置，与风车原理相似。
风车的旋转叶片借助风力转动。
风电场是集中安装风车或风力发电机的地方。
与想象中的敌人搏斗；做无谓的斗争
Stop tilting at windmills and deal with the real problem.
不要再与假想敌搏斗了，去解决真正的问题吧。
就像你在脑海风车中发现的那些圆圈。
From the Academy Award-winning song “The Windmills of Your Mind” in the 1968 film The Thomas Crown Affair; it describes the endless, circling thoughts that spin through a person's mind.
这句歌词出自1968年电影《龙凤斗智》中荣获奥斯卡奖的歌曲《The Windmills of Your Mind》，形容人脑中循环往复、挥之不去的思绪。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.