wing
Từ điển Collocation
wing noun
1 of a bird/insect
ADJ. left, right | fore, front The beetle's fore wings are small and are not used in flight. | back, hind | broad, long, narrow, pointed, short, stubby | delicate | leathery, membranous | broken, damaged a bird with a broken wing | outspread, outstretched | butterfly, chicken, etc. the patterns on butterfly wings First, fry the chicken wings in the oil until they begin to brown.
QUANT. pair
VERB + WING extend, open, spread, stretch, unfold | close, fold | flap, flutter It flapped its wings and flew off. | clean | clip (often figurative) Pete felt he had had his wings clipped when his driving licence was confiscated. | grow, sprout I wish I could sprout wings and fly away.
WING + VERB beat, flap, flutter
WING + NOUN tip | feathers
PREP. on a/the ~ It had white markings on its wings. | under a/the ~ The young birds were under the mother bird's wing. (figurative) Simon's uncle had taken him under his wing.
2 of a plane
ADJ. aircraft | left, port | right, starboard | fixed | folding
WING + VERB stick out
WING + NOUN tip
3 of a building
ADJ. north, south, etc. | private | hospital | maternity | maximum security (= of a prison)
VERB + WING add, build | demolish, destroy, pull down A bomb destroyed the east wing.
PREP. in a/the ~ Our rooms were in the west wing.
4 of a car
ADJ. nearside, offside | front, rear
VERB + WING damage, dent The nearside wing was damaged in the accident. | mend, repair, replace
WING + NOUN mirror
PREP. in a/the ~ There was a dent in one wing.
5 of an organization
ADJ. left, right | conservative | liberal, progressive, reformist | extreme, radical | revolutionary | moderate | dissident | political | military, paramilitary
PREP. on a/the ~ They're on the left wing of the Labour Party.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
- one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane
- a stage area out of sight of the audience; offstage, backstage
- a unit of military aircraft
- the side of military or naval formation; flank
they attacked the enemy's right flank
- a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side
- the wing of a fowl
he preferred the drumsticks to the wings
- a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud; fender
in England they call a fender a wing
- an addition that extends a main building; annex, annexe, extension
v.
- travel through the air; be airborne; fly
Man cannot fly
Microsoft Computer Dictionary
n. Short for Windows Games. An application programming interface for games in the Windows 9x environment. Under WinG, games can access the video frame buffer directly for increased speed. See also application programming interface, buffer1, frame buffer.
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
wings|winged|winging
syn.: annex annexe backstage extension fender flank fly offstage
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