windy學測 L3KK [ˈwɪndi]/ˈwɪndi/
多風的;颳大風的·冗長嘮叨的;囉嗦的
颱風季常見字,也可形容話多
It got so windy near the night market that all the stall umbrellas nearly flew away.

夜市附近風突然變得很大,攤位的雨傘差點被吹走。

windy 一字兩用:颳大風的天氣,跟只出一張嘴的長篇廢話,用的是同一個字。

一個畫面:呼呼吹不停

風颳不停風一陣接一陣,颳個不停
話講不停說話滔滔不絕,像風吹不停

義項

野餐風大A2adjective多風的;颳大風的
We had to cancel our picnic because it was too windy in the park.
因為公園風太大,我們只好取消野餐計畫。
a windy daywindy weather
冗長演講A1adjective冗長嘮叨的;囉嗦的
My uncle's speech was so windy that everyone started to feel sleepy.
我叔叔的演講太冗長囉嗦,害大家都開始想睡覺。
a windy speech

片語

a windy day強風呼嘯 →風勢強勁的一天
windy weather狂風天氣 →風大的天氣狀況
windy conditions陣風不斷 →風力強勁的環境
a windy speech廢話連篇 →冗長又空洞的演說

你會不會這樣說?

'My uncle's speech was so windy that everyone started to feel sleepy.' 這裡的 windy 最接近哪個意思?(A) 風大的 (B) 冗長囉嗦的

看答案

(B)

此句形容演講內容冗長,對應「冗長嘮叨的」義項,非天氣風大。

It's too ___ to fly a kite outside today. (windy / wind)

看答案

windy

windy 是形容詞形容天氣狀態;wind 是名詞指風本身,詞性不同。

字族

wind 風(名詞)

順路看看

breezy風比 windy 小,也形容輕鬆態度
wordy跟 windy 一樣形容話多,更常見

多益練習

本區為多益情境練習,與上方釋義獨立編寫

情境例句

戶外活動安排
We moved the staff lunch indoors because it was too windy on the terrace.
露臺上風太大,所以我們把員工午餐活動移到室內。
簡報修改
The manager asked me to shorten the windy introduction to my presentation.
主管請我縮短簡報中冗長囉唆的開場白。

詞族

wind noun 風・windy adjective 多風的;囉唆的・windier adjective(比較級) 風更大的

四選一

It was too ____ to hold the staff reception outdoors.

  • wind
  • winds
  • windy
  • windiness
看答案

windy

too 後接形容詞 windy,構成「風太大而無法在戶外舉辦員工招待會」。wind 和 winds 在此是名詞,windiness 也是名詞,皆不能放在此處作受 too 修飾的形容詞補語。

同義改寫

It was windy on the terrace during our lunch break. → There was a lot of wind on the terrace during our lunch break.
兩句都表示午休時露臺上風很大,時間與地點不變。
The director gave a windy speech at the staff meeting. → The director gave a verbose speech at the staff meeting.
windy 和 verbose 在此都批評演說用詞過多、冗長囉唆;windy 的這個用法帶貶義。

延伸練習

回報這個字的錯誤