vane 音标拼音: [v'en]
n . 风向标,风信旗,变化不定的事物
风向标,风信旗,变化不定的事物
vane n 1 :
mechanical device attached to an elevated structure ;
rotates freely to show the direction of the wind [
synonym :
{
weathervane }, {
weather vane }, {
vane }, {
wind vane }]
2 :
a fin attached to the tail of an arrow ,
bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it 3 :
flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water [
synonym : {
blade }, {
vane }]
4 :
the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft [
synonym : {
vane },
{
web }]
Vane \
Vane \ (
v [=
a ]
n ),
n . [
OE . &
Prov .
E .
fane weathercock ,
banner ,
AS .
fana a banner ,
flag ;
akin to D .
vaan ,
G .
fahne ,
OHG .
fano cloth ,
gund fano flag ,
Icel .
f [=
a ]
ni ,
Sw .
fana ,
Dan .
fane ,
Goth .
fana cloth ,
L .
pannus ,
and perhaps to Gr .
ph ^
nos a web ,
phni `
on a bobbin ,
spool .
Cf . {
Fanon }, {
Pane }
a compartment ,
panel .]
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1913 Webster ]
1 .
A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows ;
a weathercock .
It is usually a plate or strip of metal ,
or slip of wood ,
often cut into some fanciful form ,
and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely .
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Aye undiscreet ,
and changing as a vane . --
Chaucer .
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2 .
Any flat ,
extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind ;
as ,
the vane of a windmill ;
hence ,
a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water ,
air ,
or other fluid ;
as ,
the vane of a screw propeller ,
a fan blower ,
an anemometer ,
etc .
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3 . (
Zool .)
The rhachis and web of a feather taken together .
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4 .
One of the sights of a compass ,
quadrant ,
etc .
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{
Vane of a leveling staff }. (
Surv .)
Same as {
Target },
3 .
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