wind upverb/waɪnd ˈʌp/

• 1

  To wind (rope, string, mainsprings, etc.) completely.

  • I wound up the spool of rope.
• 2

  To put (a clock, watch, etc.) in a state of renewed or continued motion by winding the spring or other energy-storage mechanism.

  • I wound up the clock.
  • Your pocket watch will run for a long time if you wind up the spring all the way.
• 3

  To tighten (someone or something) by winding or twisting.

  • The movie wound me up emotionally.
• 4

  To excite.

  • Try not to wind up the kids too much right before bedtime.
• 5

  To upset; to anger or distress.

  • Of all their regrets, it was their inability to score an away goal that might wind up Klopp the most. Sadio Mané wasted a glorious chance in the first half and, late on, Mohamed Salah turned his shot against a post after a goal-line clearance had spun his way.
• 6

  To roll up (a car window or well bucket, etc., by cranking).

  • Wind up your window — it's starting to rain.
• 7

  To end up; to arrive or result.

  • Mess around with drugs and wind up broke.
  • I followed the signs, and I wound up getting nowhere.
• 8

  To increase (in some aspect).

  • Now, things got even more confusing. Farenholt and Laffey hadn't spotted the incoming Japanese Navy vessels, and were winding up to full speed to more-quickly bypass the cruisers. Duncan, of course, could see the radar contacts to its starboard, and so assumed that this increase in speed by its compatriots was the start of a general assault on the enemy. And so, not wanting to be left behind, it broke off and headed off into the darkness to start what turned out to be a one-ship torpedo assault.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• wind-up