| 单词 | wind vane |
| 例句 | Like a wind vane waiting for a gust to come along and spin it round. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z For decades, this state was a reliable wind vane of American politics. Why Iowa Has Become Such a Heartbreaker for Democrats 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z It was the nightly relay of the weather data, gathered from the wind vanes and barometers surrounding their home, a secluded meteorological station on the isolated banks of the Ket River. Glimpses of the Isolated Communities Along a Remote Siberian River 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z “He’s a wind vane, he’s got no base and the community is divided because of it.” Oregon protest fallout dominates close Portland mayor race 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z The sensor, several inches long, is essentially a small wind vane affixed to the jet’s fuselage. A late change, and fatal flaws, in a Boeing jet design 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z The sensors, which are effectively wind vanes on the jet’s nose, have malfunctioned in the past, for a variety of reasons, including bird strikes, according to the former engineers. In Ethiopia Crash, Faulty Sensor on Boeing 737 Max Is Suspected 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Competitors are not allowed to use electric autopilots and instead use wind vanes for self-steering as in the first Golden Globe. In 1969, or 2019, Sailing Round the World Alone Is Vexing 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z While sailing down the Intracoastal Waterway, her mast tangled in some tree branches and bent her wind vane. Eckerd student arrives safe after 9-month-long sail with dog 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z The data is uploaded every 10 seconds to her Web site, so a strangely mesmerizing digital wind vane flips around almost in real time. Tool Kit: A Guide to Personal Weather Stations 2013-07-10T20:54:51Z "Was there a chicken house there--oh, such a fine chicken house!" he exclaimed expansively, "with fancy towers made out of laths, and a dandy wind vane on it?" Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z It is well known to meteorologists that the wind vanes as ordinarily placed near the surface do not give a true indication of the wind. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. On those further slopes gaunt machines of unknown import worked slackly at the end of their spell, and the hill crest was set with stagnant wind vanes. Tales of Space and Time It is difficult to tell from a distance in which direction the arrow of a wind vane points when the arrow lies obliquely to the spectator, or points directly towards or away from him. Things To Make Furthermore, since the wind varies in direction and the axis has to follow its changes, a wind vane or some other contrivance to fulfil the same purpose must be employed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 The wind vane left here in the spring shows a predominance of wind from the S.W. quarter. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I We have the pull of all the great things; the aeronauts are privileged and rich, the closest trades union in the world, and so are the engineers of the wind vanes. When the Sleeper Wakes An Electrically Operated Dial.—Thanks to the electric current, it is possible to cause a wind vane, wherever it may be set, to work a dial situated anywhere indoors. Things To Make |
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