gyrate

a. 旋涡状的 vi. 旋转, 不停地转动

发音

UK /dʒaɪˈɹeɪt/
UK /ˈdʒaɪɹeɪt/
US /ˈd͡ʒaɪˌɹeɪt/
US /d͡ʒaɪˈɹeɪt/

词形变化

gyrated gyrates 三单 gyrates gyrating gyrating 现在分词 gyrated 过去式 gyrated 过去分词 more gyrate 比较级 most gyrate 最高级

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado.

    不及物

    The stripper gyrated sexily around a pole.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Having coils or convolutions.

    生物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 5

spin reel spiral coil whirl

上位词 4

turn rotate revolve go around

词源

Back-formation from gyration, on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from gyre (“to spin around; to gyrate, to whirl; (rare) to make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl”) + -ation (suffix indicating actions or processes), further from Late Middle English giren (“to turn (something) away; to cause (something) to revolve or rotate; to travel in a circle”), from Old French girer (“to turn”), from Latin gȳrō (“to turn in a circle, rotate; to circle or revolve around”), from gȳrus (“circle; circular motion; circuit, course”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “a circle, a ring”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend; to curve”). By surface analysis, gyre + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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