wind down

英 [ˈwaɪnd daʊn]

美 [ˈwaɪnd daʊn]

摇下（车窗等）; 放松; 松弛; 逐渐减小（工作规模）; 使逐步停止; 使逐渐关闭

柯林斯词典

PHRASAL VERB 摇下(车窗等)
When youwind downsomething such as the window of a car, you make it move downwards by turning a handle.
1. Glass motioned to him to wind down the window...
  格拉斯示意他把车窗摇下。
2. If a stranger stops you, just wind the window down a fraction.
  如果有陌生人拦你的车，把车窗摇下一点点就行。
PHRASAL VERB 放松;松弛
If youwind down, you relax after doing something that has made you feel tired or tense.
1. I regularly have a drink to wind down.
  我经常喝点酒放松一下。
PHRASAL VERB-ERG 逐渐减小(工作规模);使逐步停止;使逐渐关闭
If someonewinds downa business or activity, they gradually reduce the amount of work that is done or the number of people that are involved, usually before closing or stopping it completely.
1. Foreign aid workers have already begun winding down their operation...
  外国救援人员已开始逐步缩减救援活动。
2. In 1991 the Ada plant began to wind down.
  1991年埃达厂开始逐渐关闭。

双语例句

They also may not want to get themselves wound up because it's hard for them to wind down.
他们年夜概也不但愿自己的情感求助起来，由于那样一来，他们会很难放松。
Your period of meditation, reflection, or investigation will soon begin to wind down.
你现阶段的考量，沉思或者是调查会开始尘埃落定。
The day was cold, with a nipping wind down the northward running streets.
今天早上冷风刺骨。天气很冷，向北面的街上刮起了一阵刺骨的冷风。
If a stranger stops you, just wind the window down a fraction.
如果有陌生人拦你的车，把车窗摇下一点点就行。
When the search begins to wind down, and you begin to realize you are suffering, then you become sensitive to Me.
当你的追寻开始放松下来，当你开始体会你的困苦，你会开始感受我。
Foreign aid workers have already begun winding down their operation
外国救援人员已开始逐步缩减救援活动。
After the cut off time I stop working and wind down.
在截止时间过后，我停止工作放松一下。
You can wind down the window if it is too hot. Type the thickness of the wall over which the shutter will be placed.
如果天太热了，你要将窗户的卷帘放下。输入要在其上安装卷帘的墙壁的厚度。
I haven't even begun to think about quitting, or having a last hurrah, or allowing my career to wind down.
不论是突然退出、来个告别演出，还是逐渐淡出，我甚至完全都没有考虑过。
In 1991 the Ada plant began to wind down.
1991年埃达厂开始逐渐关闭。