whirl

英 [wɜːl]

美 [wɜːrl]

v.  (使)旋转，回旋，打转; (头脑、思想等)混乱不清，激动，恍惚
n.  旋转; 回旋; 急转; 接连不断的活动; 纷至沓来的事件

过去式：whirled　现在分词：whirling　第三人称单数：whirls　过去分词：whirled　复数：whirls　

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Collins.1 / BNC.10659 / COCA.8035

同义词辨析

rotatecirclerevolvespinwhirl【导航词义：转动、旋转】

习惯用语

n.

give sth a whirl
• 试一试
  to try sth to see if you like it or can do it

牛津词典

verb

• （使）旋转，回旋，打转
  to move, or make sb/sth move, around quickly in a circle or in a particular direction
  1. Leaves whirled in the wind.
     落叶在风中旋转。
  2. She whirled around to face him.
     她猛地转过身子面对着他。
  3. the whirling blades of the helicopter
     直升机旋转着的桨叶
  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。
• （头脑、思想等）混乱不清，激动，恍惚
  if your mind, thoughts, etc. whirl , you feel confused and excited and cannot think clearly
  1. 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。
  2. So many thoughts whirled around in her mind.
     她思绪万千，脑子里乱作一团。

noun

• 旋转；回旋；急转
  a movement of sth spinning round and round
  1. a whirl of dust
     尘土飞扬
  2. Her mind was in a whirl (= in a state of confusion or excitement) .
     她脑子里乱糟糟的。
• 接连不断的活动；纷至沓来的事件
  a number of activities or events happening one after the other
  1. Her life was one long whirl of parties.
     她的生活就是接连不断的聚会。
  2. 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。

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 rapidly
  1. he gave the crank a spin
  2. it broke off after much twisting
  Synonym:spintwirltwisttwisting
• a usually brief attempt
  1. he took a crack at it
  2. I gave it a whirl
  Synonym:crackflinggopassoffer
• confused movement
  1. he was caught up in a whirl of work
  2. a commotion of people fought for the exits
  Synonym:commotion
• the shape of something rotating rapidly
  Synonym:swirlvortexconvolution

verb

• revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
  1. The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
  Synonym:spinspin aroundreelgyrate
• flow in a circular current, of liquids
  Synonym:eddypurlwhirlpoolswirl
• fly around
  1. The clothes tumbled in the dryer
  2. rising smoke whirled in the air
  Synonym:tumblewhirl around
• cause to spin
  1. spin a coin
  Synonym:birlspintwirl
• turn in a twisting or spinning motion
  1. The leaves swirled in the autumn wind
  Synonym:twirlswirltwiddle

双语例句

• 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。
• To free electrons, something has to make them whirl fast enough to break away from their nuclei.
  为了释放电子，必须使电子高速旋转而足以摆脱原子核的束缚。
• The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy. Shaman and Chieftain now found in Nomad encounters.
  苦修僧人反复旋转而不感到头晕。在大地图也可以遇到僧人和酋长了？
• In the heart of the Anatolian steppe, dervishes still whirl on festive occasions in mystic union with God
  在安纳托利亚大草原的深处，与真主神秘会合的庆祝场合，仍然会有托钵僧旋转起舞的身影。
• 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。
• There was a whirl of dust on the road.
  马路上尘土飞扬。
• Whirl it and divide to north and to south.
  快速旋转并划分隔为到北和到南。
• During all this whirl of disaster he had never once lost his head or his courage.
  在这整个灾祸的漩涡里，他没有一次丧失过他的头脑，或者他的勇气。
• Why not give acupuncture a whirl?
  为什么不试试针灸？
• Not receiving an answer, she whirled round
  没有得到答案，她飞快地转过身去。