| 单词 | spin-out |
| 释义 | spin-outor spin·out[ spin-out ] / ˈspɪnˌaʊt / nounthe spinning out of control into a rotating skid of a car or other vehicle. Origin of spin-outFirst recorded in 1950–55; noun use of verb phrase spin out Words nearby spin-outspinose, spinothalamic tract, spinous, spinous layer, spinous process, spin-out, Spinoza, Spinoza, Benedict, Spinozism, spinproof, spin quantum number Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for spin-outspin out verb (tr, adverb)to extend or protract (a story, etc) by including superfluous detail; prolong to spend or pass (time) to contrive to cause (money, etc) to last as long as possible noun spinouta spinning skid in a car that causes it to run off the road Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with spin-outspin out Protract or prolong, as in They spun out the negotiations over a period of months. This idiom alludes to drawing out a thread by spinning. [c. 1600] Rotate out of control, as in The car spun out and crashed into the store window. [Mid-1900s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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