whirl

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n. 回旋, 旋转, 急走, 眩晕 vt. 使旋转, 使回旋, 卷走 vi. 回旋, 旋转, 急走, 发晕

发音

UK /wɜːl/
/ʍɜːl/
US /(h)wɝl/
IE /ˈʍɪɾ(ə̯)l/
SCOT /ˈʍɪɾ(ə̯)l/

词形变化

whirls 复数 whirled whirleth whirling whirls 三单 whirls whirling 现在分词 whirled 过去式 whirled 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

旋转，回旋；昏乱；一连串的事；短暂的旅行

动词

使旋转；卷走，飞快地带走

动词

旋转，回旋；急走；头晕眼花

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An act of whirling.

    She gave the top a whirl and it spun across the floor.

  2. 2.

    Something that whirls, such as a whirlwind.

  3. 3.

    A confused tumult.

  4. 4.

    A rapid series of events.

    My life is one social whirl.

  5. 5.

    Dizziness or giddiness.

    My mind was in a whirl.

  6. 6.

    A brief experiment or trial.

    习语 非正式

    OK, let's give it a whirl.

v.
  1. 1.

    To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.

    不及物

    The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience.

  2. 2.

    To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.

    不及物

    My head is whirling after all that drink.

  3. 3.

    To make something or someone whirl.

    及物

    The dancer whirled his partner round on her toes.

  4. 4.

    To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

go pass offer crack spin twist fling commotion twisting vortex

上位词 8

try effort movement attempt motion rotation endeavor endeavour

下位词 3

pirouette birling logrolling
动词

同义词 10

spin reel eddy tumble twirl swirl whirlpool twiddle birl gyrate

上位词 9

course move run feed flow rotate revolve go around circumvolve

相关短语

whirl bone [医] 髌骨, 股头骨 give something a whirl fire whirl given something a whirl gives something a whirl giving something a whirl gave something a whirl

词源

From Middle English whirl, wherwille, whorwhil, wervel, from Old English hwirfel, hwyrfel (“whirlpool”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwirbil, from Proto-Germanic *hwirbilaz, *hwarbilaz (“swirl, whirl, whirlpool”), equivalent to wharve + -el; and also Old Norse hvirfill (“ring, circle, crown”), whence Danish hvirvel (“cowlick”), Dutch werveling (“whirling, vortex”), German Low German Warvel (“whirl, whirlpool”), German Wirbel (“whirl, whirlpool”).

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