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单词 whirr
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whirr

(hwɜːʳ) also whir
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense whirrs, present participle whirring, past tense, past participle whirred
verb
When something such as a machine or an insect's wing whirrs, it makes a series of low sounds so quickly that they seem like one continuous sound.
The camera whirred and clicked. [VERB]
...the whirring sound of the film projector. [VERB-ing]
Whirr is also a noun.
He could hear the whirr of a vacuum cleaner. [+ of]
Whirr, click, whirr, click–step by step the scan probed deeper.
whirring uncountable noun [with supplement]
The silence was broken by the whirring of a helicopter.

Examples of 'whirr' in a sentence
whirr

Her subsequent silence was followed by a click and a whirr as the machine reset itself.
Barbara Erskine HIDING FROM THE LIGHT (2003)
The snap of a heavy switch, the whirr of tape, then the switch again.
Thomas, Craig THE LAST RAVEN (2003)
She heard the click and whirr of messages recorded and listed.
Barbara Erskine SANDS OF TIME (2003)

In other languages
whirr

British English: whirr VERB
When something such as a machine or an insect's wing whirrs, it makes a series of low sounds so quickly that they seem like one continuous sound.
The camera whirred and clicked.
  • American English: whir
  • Brazilian Portuguese: zumbir
  • Chinese: 发出嗡嗡声
  • European Spanish: zumbar
  • French: ronronner
  • German: surren
  • Italian: ronzare
  • Japanese: ブンブン音を立てる
  • Korean: 윙윙거리다
  • European Portuguese: zumbir
  • Latin American Spanish: zumbar
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