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.
It would be up to God to wind up the clockwork, and set the universe going, in any way He wanted.
这就要劳烦上帝给时钟重新上发条，让宇宙继续以任何他喜欢的方式发展。
zhè jiù yào láo fán shàng dì gěi shí zhōng chóng xīn shàng fā tiáo , ràng yǔ zhòu jì xù yǐ rèn hé tā xǐ huan de fāng shì fā zhǎn 。
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7.
If I could go back in time to tell myself one thing, I'd almost certainly wind up harassing teenager me about buying CDs.
如果能回到过去，我一定会告诉自己不要使买CD了。
rú guǒ néng huí dào guò qù , wǒ yí dìng huì gào su zì jǐ bú yào shǐ mǎi CD le 。
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8.
I always said he would wind up in jail.
我常说到头来他非进监狱不可。
wǒ cháng shuō dào tóu lái tā fēi jìn jiān yù bù kě 。
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9.
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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10.
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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