whirling

英 [ˈwɜːlɪŋ]

美 [ˈwɜːrlɪŋ]

v.  (使)旋转，回旋，打转; (头脑、思想等)混乱不清，激动，恍惚
whirl的现在分词

现在分词：whirling　复数：whirlings　

BNC.24630 / COCA.22200

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)回旋;(使)旋转
  If something or someonewhirlsaround or if youwhirlthem around, they move around or turn around very quickly.
  1. Not receiving an answer, she whirled round...
     没有得到答案，她飞快地转过身去。
  2. He was whirling Anne around the floor...
     他正拉着安妮在舞池内转圈儿。
  3. The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column.
     浓烟开始盘旋上升，形成了一个巨大的烟柱。
  4. Whirlis also a noun.
     
  5. ...the barely audible whirl of wheels.
     几乎听不见轮子的转动声
• N-COUNT 一连串;接连不断的活动
  You can refer to a lot of intense activity as awhirlof activity.
  1. In half an hour's whirl of activity she does it all...
     经过半个小时的忙碌，她全都做完了。
  2. Your life is such a social whirl.
     你总是在不停地参加社交活动。
• PHRASE 混乱;躁动
  If a person or their mind isin a whirl, they are very confused or excited.
  1. My thoughts are in a whirl.
     我的脑子里一团乱。
• PHRASE 试一试;尝试一下
  If you decide togivean activitya whirl, you do it even though it is something that you have never tried before.
  1. Why not give acupuncture a whirl?...
     为什么不试试针灸？
  2. We decided to give it a whirl.
     我们决定尝试一下。

英英释义

noun

• the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
  Synonym:gyration

双语例句

• Snowflakes are whirling down.
  雪花飘零。
• If you feel discomfort from whirling counterclockwise, you can change to clockwise and reverse position of the hands.
  如果您觉得不舒服从逆时针旋转，你可以改变和扭转顺时针立场的手中。
• I got clouted on the shin by a whirling block of wood.
  一块旋转着的木块击中了我的颈部。
• Researchers still have much to study in the billions of whirling disks that populate our universe.
  在这些充斥整个宇宙的无数旋转圆盘上，还有许多有待研究的课题。
• By comparison the navy was a queer little planet whirling in an austere void.
  相比之下，海军像一颗在严峻的太空中旋转的怪诞的小行星。
• Whirling snow swept over the road.
  风雪载途。
• Brian was whirling like a dervish, slapping at the mosquitoes and moaning.
  布赖恩如同旋转舞蹈的托钵僧一样转来转去，一边拍打着蚊子一边抱怨不停。
• His mind was still whirling with the music and the lights.
  他的头脑里仍然满是音乐声和灯光。
• He saw the room whirling with lights and colours, whirling more and more swiftly.
  他看见满客厅是五颜六色的电灯在那里旋转，旋转，而且愈转愈快。
• An electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix or chop or liquefy foods.
  以电为动力的有旋转刃片的用来混合、劈切或融合食物的搅拌器。