whirl
whirl 英 [wɜ:l] 美 [wɜrl]
n. 旋转，回旋；一连串的事 v. 旋转，回旋，打转
进行时:whirling 过去式:whirled 过去分词:whirled 第三人称单数:whirls 名词复数:whirls
- A whirl is a quick spin, and when something whirls, it rotates fast. You can also use it to mean "a try." Hang-gliding? Snake-charming? "Sure," you say. "I'll give it a whirl."
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- n. 旋转，回旋；一连串的事
- v. 旋转，回旋，打转
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1. Leaves whirled in the wind.
落叶在风中旋转。
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2. She whirled around to face him.
她猛地转过身子面对着他。
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3. the whirling blades of the helicopter
直升机旋转着的桨叶
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4. Tom whirled her across the dance floor.
汤姆拥着她从舞池的一边旋转到另一边。
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5. So many thoughts whirled around in her mind.
她思绪万千，脑子里乱作一团。
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6. a whirl of dust
尘土飞扬
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7. Her mind was in a whirl .
她脑子里乱糟糟的。
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8. Her life was one long whirl of parties.
她的生活就是接连不断的聚会。
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9. It's easy to get caught up in the social whirl.
很容易被纷繁的社交活动缠得脱不开身。
- whirl (n.) early 15c., "flywheel of a spindle," from whirl (v.). The meaning "act of whirling" is recorded from late 15c.; figurative sense of "confused activity" is recorded from 1550s. Colloquial sense of "tentative attempt" is attested from 1884, American English.
- whirl (v.) c. 1300, probably from Old Norse hvirfla "to go round, spin," related to hvirfill "circle, ring, crown," and to Old English hweorfan "to turn" (see wharf). Related: Whirled; whirling. Whirlybird "helicopter" is from 1951.
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