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A windshield is the big piece of glass at the front of a car, between you and the road outside, that protects the driver and passengers from wind, rain, and bugs. This is the American English word — in British English, people call the same thing a 'windscreen'.
(汽車)擋風玻璃
組成wind + shield (something that protects you from harm).
同家族的字
- shielda windshield is literally a shield against the wind
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
windshieldnoun/wɪnˈʃiːld/
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A transparent screen made of glass, located at the front and back of a vehicle in front of its occupants to protect them from the wind force generated by the vehicle's speed and inclement weather.
- The freezing rain covered our windshield with ice and we couldn't see a thing.
- For example, when trailers containing new automobiles were first piggybacked two areas of potential damage became evident: (1) diesel locomotive exhaust left a film of oil on the new autos; and (2) auto windshields could be scarred or cracked by the metal-tipped "tell-tales" which warn men atop trains of oncoming bridges or tunnels.
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A cover for a microphone to exclude airy noises such as wind and breathing.
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governmentmilitarypoliticsA lightweight aerodynamic fairing mounted on the nose of an armor-piercing shell to reduce drag and increase range.
windshieldverb/wɪnˈʃiːld/
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To install a windshield on.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。