5.As long ago as 500 A.D., Persians used windmills for grinding grain and pumping water. 早在公元500,波斯人就利用风车来研磨谷物以及抽水。 「当 CNN 10 学生英语 20199集」 6.But Richard Foringer says the windmills are an eyesore and dangerous. 但是理查德·福林格说,风车不仅碍眼而且危险。 「...
2. In Middle English milne, the descendant of the Old English word, was generalized to refer to a windmill, any power-driven mill for grinding grain, and a fulling mill. 中古英语中milne 一词由古英语词而来,它的词义已扩大,可指风车、任何靠动力驱动来磨谷物的磨以及缩洗机。
风车磨房a building with machinery for grinding grain into flour that is driven by the power of the wind turning long arms (called sails ) 2. (通过转动将风能转化为电能的)风车a tall thin structure with parts that turn round, used to change the power of the wind into electricity 3. 玩具风...
n.风车 v.(使)像风车一样旋转
a building with machinery for grinding grain into flour that is driven by the power of the wind turning long arms (calledsail) Take your English to the next level The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words. Try it for free as part of the ...
The meaning "mechanical device for grinding grain for food" is from 1550s. The broader sense of "machine for grinding or pulverizing any solid substance" is attested from 1670s. Other types of manufacturing machines driven by wind or water, that transform raw material by a process other than...
500-900. This machine was originally used for pumping water then it was adapted for grinding grain. It had vertical sails made from bundles of lightweight wood attached to a vertical shaft by horizontal struts. The design, known as the panemone, is one of the least efficient windmill structu...
By the 10th century A.D., windmills with wind-catching surfaces as long as 16 feet and as high as 30 feet were grinding grain in the area now known as eastern Iran [Persia]and Afghanistan. The western world discovered the windmill much later. The earliest written references to working wind...
Windmillsare “structures or machines that convert wind into usable energy through the rotation of a wheel made up of adjustable blades.” They are used for pumping water‚ grinding grain‚ and for power.Windmillsare usually found on homesteads or on farms. The firstwindmillwas built in the...
According to Telosnet, the first documented windmills were invented in Persia between 500 and 900 CE for pumping water and grinding grain. Windmills appeared in Europe during the 13th century and used geared cogs to turn a grindstone for grinding grain.