reel
reel 英 [ri:l] 美 [ril]
vi. 天旋地转，晕头转向；踉跄 n. 卷轴；卷盘；卷筒
进行时:reeling 过去式:reeled 过去分词:reeled 第三人称单数:reels 名词复数:reels
- A reel is a cylinder that can be wound with flexible material like film or fishing line. If you found dozens of reels of old home movies in your grandparents' attic, you'd search for a projector.
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- vi. 天旋地转，晕头转向；踉跄
- n. 卷轴；卷盘；卷筒
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1. a new reel of film
一卷新的胶卷
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2. a cotton reel
棉线轴
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3. a reel on a fishing rod
钓鱼竿上的绕线轮
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4. I was still reeling from the shock.
我吓得依然晕头转向。
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5. When he opened his eyes, the room was reeling.
他睁开眼睛时，房间似乎在不停地旋转。
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6. I slowly reeled the fish in.
我慢慢地收卷鱼线，将鱼钓起。
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7. She immediately reeled off several names.
她立即一口气说出了好几个名字。
- reel (n.1) "frame turning on an axis," especially one on which thread is wound, late Old English hreol "reel for winding thread," from Proto-Germanic *hrehulaz; probably related to hrægel "garment," and Old Norse hræll "spindle," from PIE *krek- "to weave, beat" (source also of Greek krokus "nap of cloth").
- reel (n.2) "lively Highland dance," 1580s, probably a special use of reel (n.1), which had a secondary sense of "a whirl, whirling movement" (1570s) or from reel (v.1). Applied to the music for such a dance from 1590s.
- reel (v.1) "to whirl around," late 14c., also "sway, swing, rock, become unsteady" (late 14c.), "stagger as a result of a blow, etc." (c. 1400), probably from reel (n.1), on notion of "spinning." Of the mind, from 1796. Related: Reeled; reeling.
- reel (v.2) "to wind on a reel," late 14c., from reel (n.1). Verbal phrase reel off "recite without pause or effort" is from 1837. Fishing sense is from 1849. Related: Reeled; reeling.
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