windshield

CEFRB2

/wɪnˈʃiːld/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

01
noun
The front glass window of a vehicle.
02
noun
Extra detail
A cover for a microphone to exclude airy noises such as wind and breathing.

Examples

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Deep Dive

Extra meanings

A lightweight aerodynamic fairing mounted on the nose of an armor-piercing shell to reduce drag and increase range.
A transparent screen made of glass, located at the front and back of a vehicle in front of its occupants to protect them from the wind force generated by the vehicle's speed and inclement weather.

Extra meaning

In context

The freezing rain covered our windshield with ice and we couldn't see a thing.
Using her hands like windshield wipers, she tried to flick snow away from her mouth. When she clawed at her chest and neck, the crumbs maddeningly slid back onto her face. She grew claustrophobic.

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For example, when trailers containing new automobiles were first piggybacked two areas of potential damage became evident: (1) diesel locomotive exhaust left a film of oil on the new autos; and (2) auto windshields could be scarred or cracked by the metal-tipped "tell-tales" which warn men atop trains of oncoming bridges or tunnels.
1960 November 26, David Morgan, “"Piggyback"—U.S. success story”, in Trains Illustrated, page 684
The new report said 413 million yuan spent on train windshields was wasted when design specifications were changed in March 2011, three months before the line opened.[…] It found that Beichen district government in Tianjin had 340 million yuan in its own accounts instead of being paid promptly in compensation for land procured for the railway.
2012 March 19, Zhou Xin, Nick Edwards, “China audit details fraud, waste at Beijing-Shanghai railway”, in Michael Perry, editor, Reuters, sourced from BEIJING (Reuters), archived from the original on 04 Jul 2024, World
Using her hands like windshield wipers, she tried to flick snow away from her mouth. When she clawed at her chest and neck, the crumbs maddeningly slid back onto her face. She grew claustrophobic.
2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times

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