wind down

英 [ˈwaɪnd daʊn]

美 [ˈwaɪnd daʊn]

摇下（车窗等）; 放松; 松弛; 逐渐减小（工作规模）; 使逐步停止; 使逐渐关闭

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 摇下(车窗等)
  When youwind downsomething such as the window of a car, you make it move downwards by turning a handle.
  1. Glass motioned to him to wind down the window...
     格拉斯示意他把车窗摇下。
  2. If a stranger stops you, just wind the window down a fraction.
     如果有陌生人拦你的车，把车窗摇下一点点就行。
• PHRASAL VERB 放松;松弛
  If youwind down, you relax after doing something that has made you feel tired or tense.
  1. I regularly have a drink to wind down.
     我经常喝点酒放松一下。
• PHRASAL VERB-ERG 逐渐减小(工作规模);使逐步停止;使逐渐关闭
  If someonewinds downa business or activity, they gradually reduce the amount of work that is done or the number of people that are involved, usually before closing or stopping it completely.
  1. Foreign aid workers have already begun winding down their operation...
     外国救援人员已开始逐步缩减救援活动。
  2. In 1991 the Ada plant began to wind down.
     1991年埃达厂开始逐渐关闭。

双语例句

• Use the last hours of the evening to wind down.
  使用晚上最后几个小时的时间来放松。
• They also may not want to get themselves wound up because it's hard for them to wind down.
  他们年夜概也不但愿自己的情感求助起来，由于那样一来，他们会很难放松。
• The day was cold, with a nipping wind down the northward running streets.
  今天早上冷风刺骨。天气很冷，向北面的街上刮起了一阵刺骨的冷风。
• A lot of people find that music helps them to wind down.
  许多人发现音乐会使他们放松。
• The Detroit carmaker said it would now wind down production of the heavy sports utility vehicle.
  这家底特律汽车制造商表示，目前将停产悍马这种重型运动型多功能车。
• After the cut off time I stop working and wind down.
  在截止时间过后，我停止工作放松一下。
• I want to go on holiday and wind down.
  我想度个假放松一下。
• We ended one war and began to wind down another.
  我们结束了一场战争，另一场也接近尾声。
• That makes it difficult to wind down at night and get to sleep.
  这让人们很难到夜晚放松睡觉。
• I regularly have a drink to wind down.
  我经常喝点酒放松一下。