“wing”在英语中的释义

noun

(zootomy) An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
- The bird was flapping its wings
A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish.
(slang) Human arm.
(aviation) Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
- I took my seat on the plane, overlooking the wing.
One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
(botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or one of the bracts on a dragon fruit, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
(botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
Passage by flying; flight.
- to take wing
Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, and located at the side, such as an extension from the main building.
- the west wing of the hospital
- the wings of a corkscrew
One of the longer sides of crownworks or hornworks in fortification.
(slang, MLE) Ellipsis of prison wing, a cellblock; or prison or doing time by extension.
Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, the sail of a ship, etc.
A protruding piece of material on a menstrual pad or diaper to hold it in place and prevent leakage.
An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.
A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:
(British) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
(nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
(nautical) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.

verb

(transitive) To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
(intransitive) To fly.
(transitive, of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.
(transitive) To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
- I lost all my notes I'd made, so was partially winging the meeting.
(transitive) To throw.
(transitive) To furnish with wings.
(transitive) To transport with, or as if with, wings; to bear in flight, or speedily.
(transitive) To traverse by flying.