windy
US /ˈwɪndi/
adjective Core · B1 Đời sống hằng ngày
Definition
abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
It was too windy to hold the ceremony outside.
Word Family
Synonyms
- breezyfresh and animated
- gustyblowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts
- stormy(especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
Collocations
- Easy cold and windy daydescribing cold and windy day (a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs))
- Medium cancel outdoor corporate events due to windy weatherto cancel outdoor corporate events due to windy weather, meaning to postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- Hard structural tolerance of towers under severe windy conditionsdescribing structural tolerance of towers under severe windy conditions (relating to or caused by structure, especially political or economic structure)
- Very Hard dismissed as windy rhetoric devoid of substantive policyto dismissed as windy rhetoric devoid of substantive policy, meaning to bar from attention or consideration
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