swirl

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n. 漩涡, 涡动 vt. 使成漩涡 vi. 打漩, 盘绕, 眩晕

发音

AU /swɜːl/
UK /swɜːl/
US /swɝl/
NZ /swøːl/
其它 /swøːl/
SCOT /swɪɾl/
/sweːl/
/swɛːl/

词形变化

swirls 复数 swirls swirled swirling swirls 三单 swirling 现在分词 swirled 过去式 swirled 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

漩涡；打旋；涡状形

动词

盘绕；打旋；眩晕；大口喝酒

动词

使成漩涡

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A whirling eddy.

    漩涡

  2. 2.

    A twist or coil of something.

  3. 3.

    The upward rushing of a fish through the water to take the bait.

  4. 4.

    Interracial mingling (e.g. dating, sex, marriage, etc.).

    过时 非裔美国英语

    She told that white boy she wasn't down with the swirl and to take himself a hike.

v.
  1. 1.

    To twist or whirl, as an eddy.

    旋动

    及物/不及物

    I swirled my brush around in the paint.

  2. 2.

    To be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl.

  3. 3.

    To circulate.

    比喻 不及物
  4. 4.

    To mingle interracially.

    过时 非裔美国英语

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

vortex whirl convolution
动词

同义词 6

eddy whirl twirl whirlpool twiddle purl

上位词 7

course run feed flow rotate revolve go around

相关短语

swirl flap swirl flaps coral swirl

词源

From Middle English swirlen (“to eddy, swirl”), probably from Old Norse *svirla (“to swirl”), a frequentative form of Old Norse sverra (“to swing, twirl”). Cognate with Scots swirl, sworl (“to eddy, swirl”), Norwegian Nynorsk svirla (“to whirl around; swirl”), Swedish sorla (“to murmur, buzz”), Dutch zwirrelen (“to swirl”). Compare also West Frisian swiere (“to reel, whirl”), Dutch zwieren (“to reel, swing around”), German Low German swirren (“to whizz, whirl or buzz around”), German schwirren (“to whirr, whizz, buzz”), Swedish svirra (“to whirr about, buzz, hum”), Danish svirre (“to whizz, whirr”). Related to English swarm.

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