喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can hold 'wing' as the flat part on the side of a bird that beats to lift it into the air. Two ideas come out of that one picture: a flat side-piece sticking out from a main body, and the act of flying. The side-piece idea spreads to a plane's wings, a building's wing, a car's wing, the wing of a sports field, the side of a stage — anything that juts out at the side. The flying idea gives the verbs and the bird . A third, softer thread is shelter: a bird tucks its young under its wing.

可以想成「wing」是鳥身體側邊那片會拍動、把牠托上天空的扁平部分。從這一個畫面長出兩個想法：一塊「從主體側邊伸出去…更多收起可以想成「wing」是鳥身體側邊那片會拍動、把牠托上天空的扁平部分。從這一個畫面長出兩個想法：一塊「從主體側邊伸出去的扁平部件」，以及「飛行」這個動作。「側邊伸出的部件」這條線，延伸到飛機的機翼、建築的側廳、汽車的葉子板、球場的邊路、舞台的兩側——凡是從旁邊突出去的都算。「飛行」那條線給了動詞和幾個跟鳥有關的片語。還有一條較柔軟的線是「庇護」：母鳥把雛鳥收在翅膀底下。

原始詞典資料47 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。

Wingname

  • 1

    A surname.

  • 2

    A large village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8822).

  • 3

    A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8903).

  • 4

    An unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama, United States.

  • 5

    A small town in Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States.

wingnoun/wɪŋ/

  • 1

    biologynatural-scienceszoologyAn appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.

    • The bird was flapping its wings
  • 2

    A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish.

  • 3

    slangHuman arm.

  • 4

    aeronauticsaerospaceaviationPart of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.

    • I took my seat on the plane, overlooking the wing.
  • 5

    One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.

  • 6

    One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.

  • 7

    biologybotanynatural-sciencesAny 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.

  • 8

    biologybotanynatural-sciencesEither of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.

另外 24 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.

  • 10

    Passage by flying; flight.

    • to take wing
    • Light thickens; and the crow / Makes wing to the rooky wood.
  • 11

    Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.

    • Fiery expedition be my wing.
  • 12

    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
  • 13

    Either of two similar parts of something.

    • Before going any farther on a wild goose chase I should advise you to verify the admitted American influence in the affair as connectible with Rigby Lacksome […]. Until that point is settled both wings of your deductions are purely in the air.
  • 14

    One of the longer sides of crownworks or hornworks in fortification.

  • 15

    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.

    • Fair ship, that from the Italian shore, ⁠Sailest the placid ocean-plains ⁠With my lost Arthur’s loved remains, Spread thy full wings, and waft him o’er.
  • 16

    A protruding piece of material on a menstrual pad or diaper to hold it in place and prevent leakage.

    • It's a bit annoying but (like sanitary pads with wings) it's worth it if you want to stay extra secure.
  • 17

    An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.

  • 18

    A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.

  • 19

    A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.

  • 20

    An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:

  • 21

    An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:

  • 22

    A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.

  • 23

    nauticaltransportA platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.

  • 24

    nauticaltransportThat 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.

    • their ends may rest a little below the orlop-wing gratings
  • 25

    hobbieslifestylesportsA position in several field games on either side of the field.

    • Smith started the game in the centre of midfield, but moved to the wing after 30 minutes.
  • 26

    hobbieslifestylesportsA player occupying such a position; a winger.

    • The Tottenham wing was causing havoc down the right and when he broke past the bemused Sasa Balic once again, Bellamy was millimetres from connecting with his cross as the Liverpool striker hurled himself at the ball.
  • 27

    rareinformalmediapublishingtypographyA háček.

    • ˇ wing, wedge, hǎcek, inverted circumflex (Karel Čapek)
  • 28

    entertainmentlifestyletheaterOne of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.

    • The performers crowded breathlessly in the wings.
  • 29

    The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.

    • Anyone and everyone with wings - press officers, operations specialists, even General Curtis LeMay, commander of the U.S. Air Force in Europe - was put on flight duty and took turns flying double shifts for "Operation Vittles."
  • 30

    A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.

  • 31

    On the enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype.

    • Tom's a 4 on the enneagram, with a 3 wing.
  • 32

    A group of plover.

    • A wing of plover , followed by a pack of grouse , were too much for him - or rather , too much for me, for he left me to pursue them
    • Some sportsmen make no scruple about firing into the "thick" of a wing of plovers, and killing as many as they can: plovers being birds that are "here to-day, and gone to-morrow;" and they are so restless and wary, that but few shots can at any time of year be had at them.

wingverb/wɪŋ/

  • 1

    To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.

  • 2

    To fly.

    • Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
    • Birds are winging, no rain is falling from a heavy sky
  • 3

    To travel swiftly.

    • He had pulled up so expertly that the man escaped, so smoothly that not a passenger was jarred, and now he sat with a dazed and vacant expression on his face, leaning forward on his steering wheel, while caustic inquiry and retort winged unheeded up and down the line behind him.
  • 4

    To add a wing (extra part) to.

  • 5

    To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.

    • I lost all my notes I'd made, so was partially winging the meeting.
  • 6

    To throw.

  • 7

    To furnish with wings.

  • 8

    To transport with, or as if with, wings; to bear in flight, or speedily.

    • ⁠Deep folly! yet that this could be— ⁠That I could wing my will with might ⁠To leap the grades of life and light, And flash at once, my friend, to thee: […]
另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    To traverse by flying.

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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。