英语单词“overwind”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 overwind 释义 overwindverb[IorT]uk/???.v??wa?nd/us/?o?.v??wa?nd/past tenseoverwound|past participleoverwoundtoturnakey,handle, or otherdevicetoo much, often with theresultthat somethingbreaksorstopsworking:If he's notcarefulhe'll overwind theclock.If you overwind, you cansnapthestring.Comparewind

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• He overwound thegramophoneand itbroke.
• Theoldclockhad been overwound, anditsspringswereslowlyuncoiling.
• Restringing andtuningyourguitariseasy, but don't overwind thestringsas this can bedangerous.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Bending, twisting and curving

• ball up
• bendy
• bent
• bowed
• buckle
• crook
• entwine
• flex
• flexion
• flexure
• fluted
• matted
• meander
• sinuous
• tortuously
• tortuousness
• true
• twiddly
• twine
• wring

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(Definition ofoverwindfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/overwind##