wing
英 [w??]
美[w??]
- n. 翼；翅膀；飞翔；派别
- vt. 使飞；飞过；空运；增加…速度；装以翼
- vi. 飞行
- n. (Wing)人名；(英、印尼)温
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词态变化
复数:?wings;第三人称单数:?wings;过去式:?winged;过去分词:?winged;现在分词:?winging;
中文词源
wing 翼，翅膀
来自PIE*we,吹，词源同wind,ventilate。引申义飞，翅膀。
英文词源
- wing
- wing: [12] Wing was borrowed from Old Norse v?ngir, source also of Swedish and Danish vinge and Norwegian veng. This came ultimately from the Indo-European base *we- ‘blow’, and the missing semantic link with ‘wing’ may be ‘flutter’.
- wing (n.)
- late 12c., wenge, from Old Norse v?ngr "wing of a bird, aisle, etc." (cognates: Danish and Swedish vinge "wing"), of unknown origin, perhaps from a Proto-Germanic *we-ingjaz, suffixed form of PIE root *we- "blow" (source of Old English wawan "to blow;" see wind (n.)). Replaced Old English feera (plural) "wings" (see feather). The meaning "either of two divisions of a political party, army, etc." is first recorded c. 1400; theatrical sense is from 1790.
The slang sense of earn (one's) wings is 1940s, from the wing-shaped badges awarded to air cadets on graduation. To be under (someone's) wing "protected by (someone)" is recorded from early 13c. Phrase on a wing and a prayer is title of a 1943 song about landing a damaged aircraft. - wing (v.)
- c. 1600, "take flight;" 1610s, "fit with wings," from wing (n.). Meaning "shoot a bird in the wing" is from 1802, with figurative extensions to wounds suffered in non-essential parts. Verbal phrase wing it (1885) is said to be from a theatrical slang sense of an actor learning his lines in the wings before going onstage, or else not learning them at all and being fed by a prompter in the wings; but perhaps it is simply an image of a baby bird taking flight from the nest for the first time (the phrase is attested in this sense from 1875). Related: Winged; winging.
双语例句
- 1. He noticed that fabric was tearing away from the plane's wing.
- 他注意到机翼在一块一块地断裂。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. A hard-core group of right-wing senators had hoped to sway their colleagues.
- 一群骨干右翼参议员曾企图左右自己的同僚。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The fiery right-wing leader toned down his militant statements after the meeting.
- 言辞激烈的右翼领袖在会后收敛了他的好战言论。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The left wing dipped until it was perpendicular to the ground.
- 左翼下垂至与地面成90度角。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. He has won over a significant number of the left-wing deputies.
- 他争取到了相当数量的左翼代表的支持。
来自柯林斯例句