习语主题: 天气

get wind of

/ˌɡet ˈwɪnd əv/INFORMAL · C1

中文对应完全对应

听到风声

含义

to hear about something that was meant to be secret

得知本应保密的事.

例句

1Mum got wind of our surprise party when she found the balloons under my bed.
2Don't let the kids get wind of the new puppy until Saturday morning.
3Somehow the whole class got wind of the teacher's engagement before she'd told anyone.
4How did the neighbours get wind of our plans for an extension? We haven't told a soul.
5If a rival company gets wind of our new designs before the launch, we're in trouble.

语法

只有 get 变化形式：got、getting。wind 前不加冠词；秘密的内容直接跟在 of 之后：get wind of the plan。

意思相近

let the cat out of the bag spill the beans

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