vane
vane
noun
vaned
adjective
noun
- a broad blade attached to a rotating axis or wheel which pushes or is pushed by wind or water and forms part of a machine or device such as a windmill, propeller, or turbine
风向标，风信旗；翼；叶片，轮叶
■short for weathervane
weathervane 的简称
■the flat part on either side of the shaft of a feather
羽片
■a broad, flat projecting surface designed to guide the motion of a projectile, such as a feather on an arrow or a fin on a torpedo
箭翎；鱼雷鳍
vaned
adjective
- [usu. in combination]a three-vaned windmill.
三叶风车。
- late Middle English: dialect variant of obsolete fane 'banner', of Germanic origin
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