swirl
verb /swɜːl/
/swɜːrl/
[intransitive, transitive]动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they swirl | /swɜːl/ /swɜːrl/ |
he / she / it swirls | /swɜːlz/ /swɜːrlz/ |
past simple swirled | /swɜːld/ /swɜːrld/ |
past participle swirled | /swɜːld/ /swɜːrld/ |
-ing form swirling | /ˈswɜːlɪŋ/ /ˈswɜːrlɪŋ/ |
- to move around quickly in a circle; to make something do this
(使)打旋,旋动,起漩涡 - (+ adv./prep.) The water swirled down the drain.
水打着漩流进了下水道。 - A long skirt swirled around her ankles.
她的长裙在脚踝旁边摆动。 - swirling mists
缭绕的薄雾 - swirl something (+ adv./prep.) He took a mouthful of water and swirled it around his mouth.
他含了一口水,漱了漱口。
Collocations DictionarySwirl is used with these nouns as the subject:- cloak
- cloud
- dust
- …
词源late Middle English (originally Scots in the sense ‘whirlpool’): perhaps of Low German or Dutch origin; compare with Dutch zwirrelen ‘to whirl’. - (+ adv./prep.) The water swirled down the drain.