Unwind



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 松开;放松
• ［英］ v. 松开 ( come undone or undo) ; 放松 ( stop being nervous)
• ［记］ un（不）+wind（缠, 绕）

Webster Collegiate

verb (unwound; -winding)

• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to cause to uncoil ; wind off ; unroll
    • b. to free from or as if from a binding or wrapping
    • c. to release from tension ; relax
  • 2. archaic to trace to the end <unwinding the labryinth and bringing the hero out — Laurence Sterne>
  • 3. to undo (a financial arrangement or position) through the necessary legal or financial steps <unwound most of its natural gas hedges — New York Times>
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to become uncoiled or disentangled ; unfold
  • 2. to become released from tension <take a bath to unwind>

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