English Dictionary

wing

/wɪŋ/

noun

An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly / A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish / (slang) Human arm.

The bird flapped its wings and flew away.

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An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly

The bird was flapping its wings

意味（2）

A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish

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(slang) Human arm.

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(aviation) Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.

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

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One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.

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

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(botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.

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(botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.

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

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Passage by flying; flight.

to take wing

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

Fiery expedition be my wing.

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A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.

the west wing of the hospital

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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, etc.

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

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

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

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

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(Britain) A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.

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(US) A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.

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

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(nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.

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(nautical) That 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

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(sports) A 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.

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(sports) A player occupying such a position, also called 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.

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(typography, informal, rare) A háček.

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

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(theater) One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.

The performers crowded breathlessly in the wings.

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(in the plural) 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.

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

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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.