wind down

rahatlamak, gevşemek

Yoğun bir uğraştan sonra gevşeyip daha az kaygılı veya gergin hissetmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To relax and feel less worried or tense after being busy.

• I need time to wind down.
• He wound down with a warm bath after work.
• How do you wind down before going to bed?

Nasıl kullanılır: wind down after something (I wind down after work with a short walk.); wind down by doing something (She winds down by listening to music.)

Eş anlamlılar: relax, unwind

Zıt anlamlılar: tense up

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: wind down after work, wind down before bed

aşamalı olarak kapatmak, kademeli olarak sonlandırmak

Bir faaliyeti adım adım bitirmek veya bir işletme ya da hizmeti zamanla kapatmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To gradually end an activity or close a business or service.

• They are winding down the business.
• The charity wound down its emergency programme last year.
• How long will it take to wind down production?

Nasıl kullanılır: wind down something (The company is winding down its overseas operations.); wind something down (They plan to wind the service down over six months.)

Eş anlamlılar: phase out, close down

Zıt anlamlılar: start up

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: wind down operations, wind down something, wind something down

yavaşlamak, sakinleşmek

Genellikle sona yaklaşırken daha yavaş, sakin veya daha az yoğun hale gelmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To become slower, quieter, or less busy, often as something nears its end.

• The party is winding down.
• Traffic wound down as the evening grew late.
• Things usually wind down here after the summer season.

Eş anlamlılar: slow down, quiet down, subside

Zıt anlamlılar: speed up

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: wind down slowly, activities wind down

çevirerek indirmek

Bir kolu çevirerek bir şeyi aşağı indirmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To lower something by turning a handle.

• Wind down the window, please.
• He wound down the car window to ask for directions.
• Can you wind the platform down using that handle?

Nasıl kullanılır: wind something down (Could you wind the window down?)

Eş anlamlılar: lower, roll down

Zıt anlamlılar: raise

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: wind down windows, wind something down

yayını boşaltmak, kurulu mekanizmayı boşaltmak

Kurulmuş bir yay veya mekanizmada biriken gücün yavaşça boşalmasını sağlamak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To let a wound spring or mechanism slowly lose its stored power.

• Wind down the toy before opening it.
• The clock’s spring wound down overnight.
• The technician wound the mechanism down before removing its cover.

Nasıl kullanılır: wind something down (Wind the mechanism down before opening the case.)

Eş anlamlılar: unwind

Zıt anlamlılar: wind up

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: wind down something, wind something down