Unwind
[ʌn'waɪnd] or [,ʌn'waɪnd]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) reverse the winding or twisting of; 'unwind a ball of yarn'.
(verb.) separate the tangles of.
安吉莉娜整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn.
(v. t.) To disentangle.
(v. i.) To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
埃米莉錄入
解釋/意思:
v.t. to wind down or off.—v.i. to become unwound.
杰西整理
例句/造句/用法:
- He had taken a seat at my work-table; he now laid hands on a reel of thread which he proceeded recklessly to unwind. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The weight was used to unwind a cord from a barrel. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- When she began to extricate herself it was by turning round and round, and so unwinding the prickly switch. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Unwinding the latter, she produced a small parcel wrapped in dirty newspaper. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- He unwinds the end of his coil that he wants to take some turns on in his boat, and he takes turns enough on it to secure that it shan't run out. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- He unwound the handkerchief and held out his hand. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- I unwound the puttee and while I was doing it I saw there was no need to try and make a tourniquet because he was dead already. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
手打:露西娅