wind down

英 [ˈwaɪnd daʊn]

美 [ˈwaɪnd daʊn]

摇下（车窗等）; 放松; 松弛; 逐渐减小（工作规模）; 使逐步停止; 使逐渐关闭

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 摇下(车窗等)
  When youwind downsomething such as the window of a car, you make it move downwards by turning a handle.
  1. Glass motioned to him to wind down the window...
     格拉斯示意他把车窗摇下。
  2. If a stranger stops you, just wind the window down a fraction.
     如果有陌生人拦你的车，把车窗摇下一点点就行。
• PHRASAL VERB 放松;松弛
  If youwind down, you relax after doing something that has made you feel tired or tense.
  1. I regularly have a drink to wind down.
     我经常喝点酒放松一下。
• PHRASAL VERB-ERG 逐渐减小(工作规模);使逐步停止;使逐渐关闭
  If someonewinds downa business or activity, they gradually reduce the amount of work that is done or the number of people that are involved, usually before closing or stopping it completely.
  1. Foreign aid workers have already begun winding down their operation...
     外国救援人员已开始逐步缩减救援活动。
  2. In 1991 the Ada plant began to wind down.
     1991年埃达厂开始逐渐关闭。

双语例句

• Watch the ball wind down spiraling slopes, escape the windmill's blade, and drop into the hole.
  观察风的角度，避免风力的影响，一杆进洞。
• We went to the pub to wind down.
  我们去酒店放松一下。
• This is the beginning& but not the end –-of our effort to wind down this war.
  这是我们结束战争努力的开端，而不是尾声。
• That makes it difficult to wind down at night and get to sleep.
  这让人们很难到夜晚放松睡觉。
• I felt tense, but now I'm beginning to wind down.
  我本来感到紧张，可是现在开始放松了。
• After the cut off time I stop working and wind down.
  在截止时间过后，我停止工作放松一下。
• You can wind down the window if it is too hot. Type the thickness of the wall over which the shutter will be placed.
  如果天太热了，你要将窗户的卷帘放下。输入要在其上安装卷帘的墙壁的厚度。
• Mama! The clock! We've let it wind down.
  妈妈，老爷钟，我们已经好久没有给它上发条了！
• When the search begins to wind down, and you begin to realize you are suffering, then you become sensitive to Me.
  当你的追寻开始放松下来，当你开始体会你的困苦，你会开始感受我。
• A lot of people find that music helps them to wind down.
  许多人发现音乐会使他们放松。