释义 |
whirwhir /wɜː $ wɜːr/ verb [intransitive] VERB TABLEwhir |
Present | I, you, we, they | whir | | he, she, it | whirs | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | whirred | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have whirred | | he, she, it | has whirred | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had whirred | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will whir | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have whirred |
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Present | I | am whirring | | he, she, it | is whirring | | you, we, they | are whirring | Past | I, he, she, it | was whirring | | you, we, they | were whirring | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been whirring | | he, she, it | has been whirring | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been whirring | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be whirring | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been whirring |
- I saw it again that morning: the milk-float, whirring into another day.
- Once Blanche saw his hands whirring over each other, she knew there was some hope.
- Some of them take a second or two to stop whirring and clacking as they wind tape off a drum.
- The whirring of our locust jaws is what keeps you awake.
- The fans whir in the background, filling the locker room with white noise.
- The pesticides treadmill is still whirring away.
- They can speak, via a whirring mechanical voice box, and they have mechanical human hands rather than paws.
another spelling of whirr |