gain the wind of

He barked a short laugh in my ear and strode away to the weather side of the poop.

他在我的耳边象狗叫般一笑，踱到船尾楼甲板的上风方向去了。

The direction from which the wind blows.

迎风面，上风面对着风吹来的方向

The wind direction is the direction from which the wind blows.

风向就是风吹来的方向。

"Bora:a violent, cold, northeasterly winter wind on the adriatic Sea."

布拉风:一种亚得里亚海上暴烈、寒冷、向东北方向吹的冬季风。

A violent, cold, northeasterly winter wind on the Adriatic Sea.

布拉风一种亚得里亚海上暴烈、寒冷、向东北方向吹的冬季风

In the same direction as the wind.

顺风，借风力按与风向相同的方向

attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind.

连接到高架结构上；自由旋转能显示风的方向。

They were lost at sea, at the mercy of wind and weather.

他们在海上迷失了方向，任凭风和天气来摆布。

The wind veered round to the west.

风改变方向转向西吹。

The prevailing wind trends east-northeast.

强风转向东北偏东方向

We were heading S.S.W., and had a steady breeze abeam and a quiet sea.

我们当时正向西南方向驶去，阵阵微风从船侧吹来，海面上十分平静。

South of the equator, the winds flow in the same direction as the hands on a clock. North of the equator, they flow counter-clockwise.

在南半球，风吹的方向和钟上的指针转动方向一样是顺时针的。而在北半球，风是以逆时针旋转的。

downcast and uptake ventilator

下向和上向通风筒吸排气两用通风机

In a direction opposite or nearly opposite the wind.

顶风顶风或几乎顶风的方向

were oblig'd to slip and run away to Sea,

不得不随风向海上飘去；

A weather-vane surmounts the spire/The spire is surmounted by a weather-vane.

风向标装置在尖塔上[尖塔上装有风向标].

a relatively well-defined prevailing wind.

相对明确的有方向的风。

A cold wind blew from northwest.

冷风从西北方向吹来。