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

• He says it's the only way he can wind down.
  说这是唯一让自己放松的方法。
• 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！
• The proceedings began to wind down.
  进程开始缓慢下来了。
• 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。
• This year has been frantically busy for us and I need a holiday just to wind down.
  今年我们忙得要命&我需要有一段假期放松一下。
• 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。
• The Detroit carmaker said it would now wind down production of the heavy sports utility vehicle.
  这家底特律汽车制造商表示，目前将停产悍马这种重型运动型多功能车。
• We went to the pub to wind down.
  我们去酒店放松一下。
• 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。
• 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。