overwind

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of overwinding.
    — They are intended to prevent the cage falling back in case the rope breaks or in case an overwind occurs.
  2. Excessive wind; a movement of such atmospheric air caused by air pressure. countable,rare,uncountable
  3. A wind that moves over or above an object. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To wind (tighten a spring of) something excessively. transitive
    — People also come in full of misgivings about "overwinding" their watches. "You can't overwind a watch - you can only underwind it," said McKelvey.
  2. To twist (itself) more tightly. intransitive
    — DNA's helical structure implies that twisting and stretching should be coupled, hence the prediction that DNA should unwind when stretched […] That is why it was such surprise when we directly measured twist-stretch coupling to find instead DNA overwinds when stretched.

词形变化

overwinds present,singular,third-person overwinding participle,present overwound participle,past overwound past overwinds plural overwinds plural

词汇关系

相关词
overwinded

词源

词源 1
From over- + wind.
词源 2
From over- + wind.
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