swirl
swirl 英 [swɜ:l] 美 [swɜrl]
n. 漩涡；打旋；涡状形 vi. 盘绕；打旋；眩晕；大口喝酒 vt. 使成漩涡
进行时:swirling 过去式:swirled 过去分词:swirled 第三人称单数:swirls 名词复数:swirls
- To swirl is to turn in circles or spirals, the way a leaf caught in a whirlpool swirls, or a toy duck swirls in the bathtub as you empty the water out.
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- n. 漩涡；打旋；涡状形
- vi. 盘绕；打旋；眩晕；大口喝酒
- vt. 使成漩涡
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1. Long vines swirl round the tree.
长长的藤葛盘绕在树身上。
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2. Behind him swirl smoke and soldiers.
烟雾和士兵们在其身后盘绕。
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3. The reason for this swirl of maritime outlawry can be found on the nearest shore, in Somalia.
这个海上非法漩涡的成因可以在最近的陆地上找到，那就是索马里。
- swirl (n.) early 15c., "whirlpool, eddy," originally Scottish, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to dialectal Norwegian svirla or Dutch zwirrelen "to whirl." The meaning "whirling movement" is from 1818.
- swirl (v.) 1510s (transitive), with an isolated instance from 14c.; from swirl (n.). Intransitive sense "form in eddies, whirl in eddies" is from 1755. Related: Swirled; swirling.
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