windmill

noun
🔊/ˈwɪndmɪl/
🔊/ˈwɪndmɪl/
Idioms
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  1. a building with equipment for grinding grain into flour that is driven by the power of the wind turning long arms (called sails)风车磨房
    Topics Buildingsc1, Farmingc1
  2. a tall, thin structure with parts that turn round, used to change the power of the wind into electricity(通过转动将风能转化为电能的)风车
  3. (British English)
    (North American English pinwheel)
    a toy with curved plastic parts that form the shape of a flower that turns round on the end of a stick when you blow on it玩具风车
Idioms
tilt at windmills
  1. to waste your energy attacking imaginary enemies攻击假想敌;庸人自扰