whirl
verb /wɜːl/
/wɜːrl/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they whirl | /wɜːl/ /wɜːrl/ |
| he / she / it whirls | /wɜːlz/ /wɜːrlz/ |
| past simple whirled | /wɜːld/ /wɜːrld/ |
| past participle whirled | /wɜːld/ /wɜːrld/ |
| -ing form whirling | /ˈwɜːlɪŋ/ /ˈwɜːrlɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to move, or make somebody/something move, around quickly in a circle or in a particular direction
（使）旋转，回旋，打转 - (+ adv./prep.) Leaves whirled in the wind.
落叶在风中旋转。 - She whirled around to face him.
她猛地转过身子面对着他。 - They ducked to avoid the whirling blades of the helicopter.
他们躲避直升机旋转的桨叶。 - whirl somebody/something (+ adv./prep.) Tom whirled her across the dance floor.
汤姆拥着她从舞池的一边旋转到另一边。
- He grasped her wrist and whirled her back to face him.
他抓住她的手腕，猛地把她扭过身来面对着他。 - He whirled her around the dance floor.
他拥着她围着舞池旋转。 - She whirled on him, furious.
她突然转身，愤怒地对着他。 - She whirled round and round, flinging out her arms.
她一圈又一圈地旋转，伸出双臂。 - The gulls were whirling and shrieking in the sky above.
海鸥在天空盘旋尖叫。
- (+ adv./prep.) Leaves whirled in the wind.
- [intransitive] if your mind, thoughts, etc. whirl, you feel confused and excited and cannot think clearly
（头脑、思想等）混乱不清，激动，恍惚 - I couldn't sleep—my mind was whirling from all that had happened.
我睡不着，所发生的一切一直在脑子里转来转去。 - So many thoughts whirled around in her mind.
她思绪万千，脑子里乱作一团。
- I couldn't sleep—my mind was whirling from all that had happened.
词源Middle English: the verb probably from Old Norse hvirfla ‘turn about’; the noun partly from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wervel ‘spindle’, or from Old Norse hvirfill ‘circle’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘rotate’.