Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - windmill
Windmill
windmill
n. 1 a mill worked by the action of the wind on its sails. 2 esp. Brit. a toy consisting of a stick with curved vanes attached that revolve in a wind. Phrases and idioms throw one's cap (or bonnet) over the windmill act recklessly or unconventionally. tilt at (or fight) windmills attack an imaginary enemy or grievance.
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I. noun Date: 14th century 1. a mill or machine operated by the wind usually acting on oblique vanes or sails that radiate from a horizontal shaft, the wind-driven wheel of a ~, something that resembles or suggests a ~, an imaginary wrong, evil, or opponent, II. verb Date: 1914 transitive verb to cause to move like a ~, intransitive verb to move like a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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