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pinwheel

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 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
pinwheelSlice 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


See Catherine wheel for more


pinwheel
I
Catherine wheel /ˈkæθərən wiːl, ˈkæθərɪn wiːl/ 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 burns

II
pinwheel /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


pin·wheelBrE /ˈpɪnwiːl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpɪnwiːl/ 🔊 noun (NAmE) (BrE wind·mill) a toy with curved plastic parts that form the shape of a flower which turns round on the end of a stick when you blow on it 玩具风车 = Catherine wheel