wind up

US [ˈwaɪnd ˌʌp]
UK 
  • na.解散(公司等)；终止；卷紧；绕紧
  • Web结束；使紧张；上发条
Plural Form：wind ups  

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Web Definition

na.
1.
解散(公司等);终止,结束(谈话等)
2.
卷紧,卷拢;绕紧;绞起,吊起(矿石等);上(发条)
3.
使振作精神,使紧张
4.
【棒】投球前挥转胳臂
1.
解散(公司等);终止,结束(谈话等)
2.
卷紧,卷拢;绕紧;绞起,吊起(矿石等);上(发条)
3.
使振作精神,使紧张
4.
【棒】投球前挥转胳臂

Sample Sentence

Definition:
AllAll,解散解散,终止终止,卷紧卷紧,绕紧绕紧,结束结束,使紧张使紧张,上发条上发条
Category:AllAll,OralOral,WrittenWritten,TitleTitle,TechnicalTechnical
Source:AllAll,DictionaryDictionary,WebWeb
Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
When somebody knocked AT the door and asked if Mr. Marcus was in, John got the wind up. He though it was the police!
当有人敲门问马库斯是否在家里，约翰吓了一大跳，他以为是警察来了！
dāng yǒu rén qiāo mén wèn mǎ kù sī shì fǒu zài jiā lǐ , yuē hàn xià le yī dà tiào , tā yǐ wéi shì jǐng chá lái le !
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2.
He was trying to put the wind up him with stories of how hard teaching was.
他正极力用教学如何如何困难的说法来吓唬他。
tā zhèng jí lì yòng jiào xué rú hé rú hé kùn nan de shuō fǎ lái xià hu tā 。
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3.
But African immigrants are not the only ones who wind up in this bustling city in southern China.
在中国南方这个熙熙攘攘的城市中，非洲移民并非唯一忙碌着的外来群体。
zài zhōng guó nán fāng zhè ge xī xī rǎng rǎng de chéng shì zhōng , fēi zhōu yí mín bìng fēi wéi yī máng lù zhe de wài lái qún tǐ 。
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4.
The two boys got the wind up when they realized that their joke was likely to have serious consequences.
当那两个孩子意识到他们的笑话可能产生严重后果时，他们害怕起来。
dāng nà liǎng gè hái zi yì shí dào tā men de xiào huà kě néng chǎn shēng yán zhòng hòu guǒ shí , tā men hài pà qǐ lái 。
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5.
This man is specially employed to wind up the crowd ready to be influenced by our speaker.
这个人是专门雇来调动听众情绪的，以使他们易于受到我们的演讲者的影响。
zhè gè rén shì zhuān mén gù lái diào dòng tīng zhòng qíng xù de , yǐ shǐ tā men yì yú shòu dào wǒ men de yǎn jiǎng zhě de yǐng xiǎng 。
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6.
After meeting his 15-month-old daughter, I found a wind-up toy bull in my bag that she could play with.
看到他刚刚15个月大的小女儿，我当时还从包里翻出一个上发条的玩具熊给她玩。
kàn dào tā gāng gāng shí wǔ gè yuè dà de xiǎo nǚ ér , wǒ dāng shí hái cóng bāo lǐ fān chū yī gè shàng fā tiáo de wán jù xióng gěi tā wán 。
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7.
If you let your thoughts control you then you're going to wind up in a very strange maze of suffering with no apparent way out.
如果你让你的思维控制你，你就会陷入一种十分奇怪的迷宫，找不到出口。
rú guǒ nǐ ràng nǐ de sī wéi kòng zhì nǐ , nǐ jiù huì xiàn rù yī zhǒng shí fēn qí guài de mí gōng , zhǎo bù dào chū kǒu 。
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8.
One afternoon, she began to wind up wool into a ball. She needed at least five wool windings.
一天下午，她开始把羊毛卷成一个球，她至少需要5个羊毛球。
yī tiān xià wǔ , tā kāi shǐ bǎ yáng máo juǎn chéng yī gè qiú , tā zhì shǎo xū yào wǔ gè yáng máo qiú 。
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9.
The U. S. could easily wind up in a crisis over the same lack of credibility.
由于公信力的缺失，美国也同样容易陷入危机。
yóu yú gōng xìn lì de quē shī , měi guó yě tóng yàng róng yì xiàn rù wēi jī 。
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10.
You don't have to go very far from Wal-Mart's headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, before you wind up in Shenzhen or Shanghai.
在你结束深圳或上海的业务之前，你不用到位于阿肯色斯州本顿维尔的沃尔马总部很远的地方（不太懂作者的意思）。
zài nǐ jié shù shēn zhèn huò shàng hǎi de yè wù zhī qián , nǐ bú yòng dào wèi yú ā kěn sè sī zhōu běn dùn wéi ěr de wò ěr mǎ zǒng bù hěn yuǎn de dì fang ( bù tài dǒng zuò zhě de yì si ) 。
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