Толковый словарь английского языка - windmill
Windmill
windmill
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 ~
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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. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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