windmill

英 [ˈwɪndmɪl]

美 [ˈwɪndmɪl]

n.  风车磨房; (通过转动将风能转化为电能的)风车; 玩具风车

复数：windmills　

CET6TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.11762 / COCA.12809

习惯用语

n.

tilt at windmills
• 攻击假想敌；庸人自扰
  to waste your energy attacking imaginary enemies

牛津词典

noun

• 风车磨房
  a building with machinery for grinding grain into flour that is driven by the power of the wind turning long arms (called sails )
• （通过转动将风能转化为电能的）风车
  a tall thin structure with parts that turn round, used to change the power of the wind into electricity
• 玩具风车
  a toy with curved plastic parts that form the shape of a flower which turns round on the end of a stick when you blow on it

柯林斯词典

• 风车磨坊；（风力发电的）风车
  Awindmillis a building with long pieces of wood on the outside which turn around as the wind blows and provide energy for a machine that crushes grain. Awindmillis also a similar structure that is used to convert the power of the wind into electricity.

英英释义

noun

• generator that extracts usable energy from winds
  Synonym:aerogeneratorwind generator
• a mill that is powered by the wind

双语例句

• On the word of yoyneh, there's no more a castle here than a windmill.
  用犹奈的话说，这里连风车都没有，更别说城堡了。
• Promotional items; mad carnival; banner; garden ornaments; wind with the wind of; windmill;
  促销品；狂狂欢节；旗帜；庭院装饰品；风同风条；风车；
• The windmill has stopped.
  风车不动换了。
• Windmill: Machine for harnessing the energy of the wind using sails mounted on a rotating shaft.
  风车：藉助装在转轴上的风叶以开发风能的装置。
• If we can get one windmill working.
  如果我们能造出一个风车来。
• Windmill generators can effectively make use of wine energy, a kind of clean energy.
  风能是一种清洁可再生能源，风力发电可以有效地利用风能。
• Most others use the principle of an underwater windmill whose rotors are turned by the tide.
  其他的潮汐能设施大多都采用“水下风车”的原理&它们的轮子就是由潮水推动的。
• You want to build a windmill.
  你想造个大风车。
• We can see a windmill in the distance.
  我们可以望见远处有架风车。
• The windmill idled in the breeze.
  风车在微风中慢慢转动。