windy

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wind·y /ˈwɪndi/ S3 (comparativecomp windier, superlativesupl windiest) adjectiveadj

1 DNif it is windy, there is a lot of wind 风大的；多风的

It’s too windy for a picnic.

风太大，不适合野餐。

a cold, windy day

一个寒冷的大风天

a windy hillside

当风的山坡

2 TALK TO somebodywindy talk is full of words that sound impressive but do not mean much 夸夸其谈的；空话连篇的

politicians’ windy generalizations

政客们夸夸其谈的空话

n THESAURUS

windy if it is windy, there is a lot of wind

It's too windy for a picnic.

a windy day in October

blustery blustery weather is very windy, with sudden strong winds

a cold and blustery day

breezy if the weather is breezy, the wind blows fairly strongly

a sunny but breezy day in springtime

blowy informal windy

It's a bit blowy out there.

The day was grey and cold and blowy.

stormy if the weather is stormy, there are strong winds, heavy rain, and dark clouds

The sky was starting to look stormy.

a period of stormy weather

windswept a windswept place is often windy because there are not many trees or buildings to protect it

The beach was cold and windswept.

Thousands of the birds live on the windswept islands off the north coast of Scotland.

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windy• The windy conditions made it difficult to put the tent up.• Malvern had been struggling most of the way on the only wet and windy day in an otherwise idyllic week.• It was a bright windy day in October.• On a windy day this is one of the best stretches of water.• I walked to school with my mum and it was very cold and windy day.• Exposure to airborne allergens is likely to be greatest on windy days and least after rain has washed them from the air.• It's too cold and windy for hiking.• It will become windy in the far north and west, and remain warm in the south.• windy rhetoric• a windy street• Foresters surmise that the abnormally wet and windy winter probably hastened the toppling of the trees.

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