windy

windy — adjective

1. having strong or fast-moving air that you can feel outside, often making it diff

1.形容詞A2
釋義

having strong or fast-moving air that you can feel outside, often making it difficult to hold onto things or stay comfortable

例句

Tunde put on his winter coat because it was a very windy morning.

collocation: windy morning / windy day / windy weather

The windy weather blew our garden chairs across the lawn last night.

collocation: windy weather

同義詞
  • breezy

    suggests a gentle, pleasant wind rather than a strong one

  • blustery

    describes wind that comes in sudden, strong bursts, often with noise

  • gusty

    focuses on short, powerful rushes of wind

  • stormy

    implies very bad weather with heavy rain or snow as well as strong wind

反義詞

常見錯誤

❌The weather is very wind.
✅The weather is very windy.
💡'wind' is a noun; add '-y' to form the adjective.
❌It was a wind day.
✅It was a windy day.
💡Use the adjective 'windy', not the noun 'wind', before a noun.

2. using far more words than needed to express an idea, making what you say or writ

2.形容詞B2
釋義

using far more words than needed to express an idea, making what you say or write unclear and tiresome to follow

例句

The mayor's windy speech lasted forty minutes but said almost nothing about the new hospital.

collocation: windy speech

Sofie's teacher told her to cut the windy parts and keep only the main arguments.

同義詞
  • long-winded

    more common everyday word for the same meaning; less formal than 'windy'

  • verbose

    more formal and technical, common in academic or professional writing

  • wordy

    slightly less strong than 'windy'; suggests too many words without the negative judgment

  • rambling

    emphasises that the speech or writing is disorganised and goes off topic

反義詞

用法筆記

This sense is much less common than the weather meaning and appears mostly in formal or written contexts, often with a negative tone to criticise overly long speech or text. The subject is typically a piece of writing (speech, essay, report, email) rather than a person directly.

常見錯誤

❌The lecture was windy' (used about weather indoors).
✅The lecture was long-winded.
💡'windy' for 'verbose' is less common; 'long-winded' is the usual everyday word.
❌He is a windy person in normal conversation.
✅His speech was windy and full of unnecessary details.
💡This sense usually describes the speech or writing itself, not the speaker's general personality.