Vane

[veɪn] or [ven]

解释:

(noun.) the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.

(noun.) a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it.

手打:温迪--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely.

(n.) Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc.

(n.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.

(n.) One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.

整理:纳撒尼尔

同义词及近义词:

n. [1]. Weather-cock.[2]. Blade (of a windmill, propeller, &c.).

手打:托马斯

解释:

n. a flag or banner: a thin slip of wood or metal at the top of a spire &c. to show which way the wind blows: a weather-cock: the thin web of a feather: one of the blades of a windmill.—adjs. Vaned furnished with vanes; Vane′less.

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整理:凯蒂

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