twirl
verb /twɜːl/
/twɜːrl/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they twirl | /twɜːl/ /twɜːrl/ |
| he / she / it twirls | /twɜːlz/ /twɜːrlz/ |
| past simple twirled | /twɜːld/ /twɜːrld/ |
| past participle twirled | /twɜːld/ /twɜːrld/ |
| -ing form twirling | /ˈtwɜːlɪŋ/ /ˈtwɜːrlɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] twirl (somebody) (around/round) to move or dance round and round; to make somebody do this
（使）旋转，转动 - She twirled around in front of the mirror.
她对着镜子转动身子。 - He held her hand and twirled her around.
他牵着她的手，让她旋转。
- She twirled around in front of the mirror.
- [transitive] twirl something (around/about) to make something turn quickly and lightly round and round
使轻快地转动；使旋转 - He twirled his hat in his hand.
他快速旋转着手里的帽子。 - She sat twirling the stem of the glass in her fingers.
她坐在那里用手指捻动着高脚酒杯的柄脚。
- He twirled his hat in his hand.
- [transitive] twirl something to turn something round and round with your fingers
（用手指）缠绕，盘绕，卷曲 - He kept twirling his moustache.
他不停地用手指卷胡须。
- He kept twirling his moustache.
词源late 16th cent.: probably an alteration (by association with whirl) of tirl, a variant of archaic trill ‘twiddle, spin’.