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IELTS BNC: 1755 COCA: 1889

wing

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Related topics: Birds, Insects, Air, Buildings, Groupings, Sport, Motor vehicles
wing1 /wɪŋ/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countableC]
1  butterfly.jpg bird/insect 鳥/昆蟲
a) HBBHBIone of the parts of a bird’s or insect’s body that it uses for flying 〔鳥或昆蟲的〕翅膀，翼
a butterfly with beautiful markings on its wings
翅膀上有美麗花紋的蝴蝶
The pheasant flapped its wings vigorously.
野雞猛烈地拍打翅膀。
b) the meat on the wing bone of a chicken, duck etc, eaten as food 〔供食用的〕翅膀〔如雞翅、鴨翅等〕
spicy chicken wings
香辣雞翅
→4  See picture of 見圖 INSECT →5 see picture at 見圖 insect
2. plane 飛機TTA one of the large flat parts that stick out from the side of a plane and help to keep it in the air 〔飛機的〕機翼 →5 see picture at 見圖 plane1
3  building 建築物TBB one of the parts of a large building, especially one that sticks out from the main part 〔大型建築物的〕側翼；側廳；耳房，廂房
north/east etc wing
the east wing of the palace
東側殿
She works in the hospital’s maternity wing.
她在醫院的産科病房工作。
4  politics 政治PPGPART a group of people within a political party or other organization who have a particular opinion or aim 〔政黨等組織中的〕派别，派（系），…翼
the moderate wing of the Republican Party
共和黨内的溫和派
→ left-wing, right-wing
5  sport 體育運動
a) DSa winger 〔足球等運動中的〕邊鋒，側翼隊員
b) DSthe far left or right part of a sports field 〔運動場的〕邊側
6. car 汽車 British EnglishBrETTC the part of a car that is above a wheel 〔汽車的〕擋泥板，翼子板 SYN American English fender →5 see picture at 見圖 car
7. take somebody under your wing PROTECTto help and protect someone who is younger or less experienced than you are 把某人保護在自己的羽翼之下，將某人置於自己的庇護之下
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take somebody under your wing• Gyorgy Aczel, the liberal-minded ideology chief, spotted the talented regional boss and took him under his wings.• They monitor the student at the work site and take them under their wing.• He understood that the boy had had little formal education until Edouard took him under his wing.• Adrienne, eleven years older, had taken the 19-year-old singer under her wing.• Adrienne, eleven years older, had taken her under her wing.• Simon's uncle had taken him under his wing, so Simon and his wife, Mary, half lived there.• He had sized me up, he later explained, and had decided to take me under his wing.• He had sized me up, he said, and had decided to take me under his wing.• Nor could you expect some sage old workman to take you under his wing and bestow upon you his store of knowledge.• Tom took the young reporter under his wing.
8  (waiting/lurking) in the wings READYready to do something or be used when the time is right 準備就緒〔只待時機成熟〕；随時可以使用
Several junior managers are waiting in the wings for promotion.
幾位低層經理正等着晉升。
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(waiting/lurking) in the wings• On Concorde, though, the engines are embedded in the wings, next to the fuel tanks.• He stopped by on his night off, was let in the stage door, and stood in the wings.• Platt has had to wait in the wings because he is one of four foreign players fighting for the permitted three places.• The local chapter leaders waiting in the wings seemed upset.• None the less, there are always people waiting in the wings to discredit a positive image.• There were no wealthy aunts or uncles waiting in the wings.
9. THEATRE 劇場the wings [plural]APT the parts at each side of a stage where actors are hidden from people who are watching the play 〔舞台的〕側面，側翼
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the wings• Special care is needed if the wings are wet when extra speed is necessary, because the stalling speed is raised.• Many unforeseen dangers may be lurking in the wings.• Scheiner was still in the wings at the time of the trial.• The world's list of mammals is about five thousand long, but three thousand more may be waiting in the wings.• None the less, there are always people waiting in the wings to discredit a positive image.• Why do they think the wings are designed this way?
10. on a wing and a prayer if you do something on a wing and a prayer, you do not have much chance of succeeding 只有一絲成功的希望
11. be on the wing literaryHBBTRAVEL if a bird is on the wing, it is flying 〔鳥〕在飛行中，飛翔
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be on the wing• May flies and caddis flies were on the wing.• This area is noted for butterflies in the summer, and in August the purple hairstreak will be on the wing.
12. take wing literaryHBBTRAVEL to fly away 飛走
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take wing• Often they perch on rooftops like gargoyles, waiting hours for nightfall so they can take wing.• Her heart had taken wing as she and Mandy had walked down into the lodge.• Abroad, too, imagination took wing.• Freed in the slipstream of profanity, it took wing.
13. get your wings TTAto pass the examinations you need to become a pilot 〔當飛行員前〕通過必要的飛行考試 → clip somebody’s wings at clip2(6), → spread your wings at spread1(10)
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
flap its wings (=move them)
The ducks woke up and flapped their wings.
beat its wings (=move them in a regular way while flying)
The female beats her wings as fast as 500 times a second.
flutter its wings (=move them quickly)
I heard some birds fluttering their wings outside the window.
spread/open its wings
The dragon spread its wings and gave an experimental flap.
stretch its wings (=open them completely)
The cage was so small the birds could not even stretch their wings.
fold its wings
Gannets fold their wings and plummet like an arrow into the sea to catch their prey.
wings flap
Dusky wings flapped overhead.
wings beat
Their great wings beat slowly.
adjectives
outstretched
The eagle descended on outstretched wings.
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wing• butterfly wings• We grilled things for them and fried wings.• Several times from wing to a desk at center stage he glanced out at the audience to acknowledge the applause.• He had wings on his feet he ran so fast.• The feather'd fowls have wings, to fly to other nations.• Some of these have wings and fly away to start new colonies of aphids on other plants.• They were members of the Marxist wing of the Socialist Party.• A set of wings was also introduced, said to have been designed by Jock Lewes.• The Tamil Tigers have had a political wing since 1976, but never registered it as a legal party.• The racist right wing staged their biggest demonstration yet in the main square.• a new children's wing at the hospital• the south wing of the Capitol• A process or an abstraction has to be caught on the wing.• The stair-well in this wing indicates an upper storey which presumably would have been much on the same plan.
flapped ... wings• When he looked around, the wowhawk on her shoulder flapped its wings in his face.• The wowhawk flapped its wings desperately. ` Let go!
north/east etc wing• It stretched away into the darkness towards the empty north wing.• These stones were removed when this monument was demolished and built in steps in the east wing of the villa.• Thus I found myself spending a good deal of time in the East Wing.• In the east wing of the hospital there was a linen store that was never used after about nine-thirty in the morning.• She was found by the caretaker, whimpering and exhausted on the ground floor of the east wing.• In the plans, the east wing next to SuperTarget carried a sign with the Gordmans logo.• The north wing with its range of rooms has more the appearance of a hostelry than a house.
wing2 verb
1  [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] literaryTRAVEL to fly somewhere 飛行，飛
a flock of geese winging down the coast
沿着海岸展翅南飛的雁群
wing its/their way to/across etc something
planes winging their way to exotic destinations
飛往異國目的地的飛機
2  wing its/their way to go or be sent somewhere very quickly 很快去/被送到（某處）
wing its/their way to
A bottle of champagne will soon be winging its way to 10 lucky winners.
馬上就要給10名幸運的優勝者分别送上一瓶香槟。
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wing its/their way• Photographs had winged their way across, and presents at Christmas and Easter, with Mammy's birthday a speciality.• If it slips then, as it probably will, the Hingston fortune will wing its way elsewhere.• Out of a group of trees near by a rook flew, winging its way leisurely across the Park towards him.• Small but dangerously exciting trickles of pleasure were still winging their way through her virtually defenceless body.• Within seventy minutes each plane has been unloaded, reloaded and winging its way to destination cities.• His resignation was winging its way to Sheppards yesterday afternoon.• Readers' original gardening tips Another batch of £50 cash prizes are winging their way to this month's top tipsters.
3  wing it spokenPLAN to do something without planning or preparing it 臨時湊成；即席而爲
We’ll just have to wing it.
我們就只好臨時應付一下。
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wing it• I don't have time to write a speech, so I'm just going to wing it.• I would have to wing it.• If you are asked a question that you're not ready for, it's better to say "I hadn't considered that" than to wing it and get it wrong.• Nat grabs it, whirls, and wings it in a single motion.• We have to wing it in the first game, but we'll be more prepared for the next one.• Really, I just wing it: no notes, no talking to witnesses.• I figure I can wing it on the details.• There's always a Zen part of my personality that wings it through life.• When I finally got up on to the wing it was dark.
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wing• We watched pelicans winging down the coastline.• Really, I just wing it: no notes, no talking to witnesses.• She sent a silent message winging to the small room at the Admiralty.
wing its/their way to/across etc something• A couple of sets of Scalar strings, courtesy of Selectron, will be winging their way to you soon!• His resignation was winging its way to Sheppards yesterday afternoon.• Photographs had winged their way across, and presents at Christmas and Easter, with Mammy's birthday a speciality.• Readers' original gardening tips Another batch of £50 cash prizes are winging their way to this month's top tipsters.• Within seventy minutes each plane has been unloaded, reloaded and winging its way to destination cities.

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