pinwheel
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pin·wheel /ˈpɪnwiːl/ noun [countable] American EnglishTBBTA a toy consisting of a stick with curved pieces of plastic at the end which turn around when they are blown 玩具风车 SYN British English windmill
Examples from the Corpus
pinwheel• Slice the dough into 9,12, or 18 pinwheels.• The breezes are like a puff of air on a pinwheel.• He remembers selling balloons, pinwheels, and fireman hats to eager youngsters.• Overheada bright pinwheel of paper lanterns had been strung from the trees to the gold-leafed weathervane on the bandstand roof.• She made pinwheels of the whirling stars that had driven many a man mad.pin·wheel nounChineseSyllable
a Corpus stick a toy of consisting with
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pinwheel
Cath‧er‧ine wheel /ˈkæθərən wiːl, ˈkæθərɪn wiːl/
British English, pinwheel American English noun [countable]
pin‧wheel /ˈpɪnwiːl/
noun [countable]
American English a toy consisting of a stick with curved pieces of plastic at the end which turn around when they are blown
SYN windmill British English
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British English, pinwheel American English noun [countable] Date: 1700-1800
Origin: Saint Catherine of Alexandria (4th century), who was sentenced to be killed on a wheel
a round flat firework that spins around as it burnsOrigin: Saint Catherine of Alexandria (4th century), who was sentenced to be killed on a wheel
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noun [countable]American English a toy consisting of a stick with curved pieces of plastic at the end which turn around when they are blown
SYN windmill British English