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English-Thai Dictionary

windmill

N กังหันลม  กังหัน  rotating wheel post mill kang-han-lom

 

windmill

VI หมุน (ใน ลักษณะ เดียว กับ กังหันลม  muan

 

windmill

VT หมุน (ใน ลักษณะ เดียว กับ กังหันลม  muan

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WINDMILL

WINDMILL Wind "mill `, n.

 

Defn: A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft. Chaucer.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

windmill

wind mill |ˈwindˌmil ˈwɪn (d )ˌmil | ▶noun a building with sails or vanes that turn in the wind and generate power to grind grain into flour. • a similar structure used to generate electricity or draw water. • Brit. a pinwheel. ▶verb (with reference to a person's arms ) move or be moved around in a circle in a manner suggestive of the rotating sails or vanes of a windmill. • [ no obj. ] (of the propeller or rotor of an aircraft, or the aircraft itself ) spin unpowered. PHRASES tilt at windmills see tilt.

 

Oxford Dictionary

windmill

wind |mill |ˈwɪn (d )mɪl | ▶noun a building with sails or vanes that turn in the wind and generate power to grind corn into flour. • a similar structure used to generate electricity or draw water. • Brit. a toy consisting of a stick with curved vanes attached that turn in the wind. ▶verb (with reference to a person's arms ) move or be moved round in a circle in a manner suggestive of the rotating sails or vanes of a windmill. • [ no obj. ] (of the propeller or rotor of an aircraft, or the aircraft itself ) spin unpowered. PHRASES fling (or throw ) one's cap over the windmill ( s ) dated act recklessly or unconventionally.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

windmill

w í nd m ì ll /wɪ́n (d )-/名詞 C 1 (製粉場や水揚げ機などの )風車, 風車小屋 ; (風力発電用 )風車, タービン .2 (おもちゃの )かざぐるま (｟米 ｠pinwheel ).f ì ght [t ì lt at ] w í ndmills 空想の敵 [悪事 ]と戦う, ひとり相撲をとる 〘Don Quixoteの物語より 〙.