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单词 spin
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spin

/spɪn /
verb (spins, spinning, spun /span/)
1Turn or whirl round quickly: [no object]: the girl spun round in alarm the rear wheels spun violently [with object]: he fiddled with the radio, spinning the dial...
  • Pandora spun round quickly and came eye to eye with Alexei who was smiling down at her.
  • He spun round quickly so that he was almost facing her, and spoke in an urgent tone.
  • Tanya spun round, her chair falling with a clatter.

Synonyms

revolve, rotate, turn, turn round, go round, whirl, gyrate, circle
whirl, wheel, twirl, turn, swing, twist, swivel, pirouette, pivot, swirl;
Scottish birl
1.1 [no object] (Of a person’s head) give a sensation of dizziness: the figures were enough to make her head spin...
  • She tried to get up but it was too hard, her head spun and the dizziness overcame her.
  • My head is spinning and I'm badly bruised and shaken.
  • We left him there, his head still spinning with thoughts of Minnie, and her delightful, exuberant girlishness.

Synonyms

reel, go round, whirl, be in a whirl, swim, be giddy, be dizzy
1.2 [with object] Toss (a coin).This involves our each, independently, spinning a coin and driving on the left if it comes up heads and on the right if it comes up tails: another recipe for disaster....
  • Though if anyone ever tries to do a coin-flip by spinning the coin on its edge on a table, watch out.
  • Then they spin coins in a cafe and generally hang out together, becoming friends.
1.3chiefly Cricket (With reference to a ball) move or cause to move through the air with a revolving motion: [no object]: the ball spun in viciously [with object]: they had to spin the ball wide...
  • The ball spun viciously, and forced a great touch from the keeper.
  • In the old days, they used to tell you to turn a little sideways and move into the pitch because the ball was spinning and would move away from the plate once it hit the dirt.
  • As they pushed Stewartry, gaining a succession of penalties, the ball spun wide to be knocked on, ironically, by Smith with the line in sight.
1.4 [with object] Spin-dry (clothes).
1.5 [with object] Play (a record): a disc jockey spins hits from the sixties...
  • There is a bar, Chinese lanterns, and a hired disc jockey spinning popular records.
  • Brooks had focused on one line from the chorus and felt the song would be stronger with the song centered on the lonely man spinning the records late at night.
  • I think he was abducted by a cult that worship the demi-god Baal and forced to spin records at their parties and compose chants and songs which praised this demonic entity.
1.6 [with object] Shape (sheet metal) by pressure applied during rotation on a lathe: (as adjective spun) spun metal components...
  • First the brass plates were spun on a lathe over a wooden mold to create the font.
2 [with object] Draw out and twist (the fibres of wool, cotton, or other material) to convert them into yarn, either by hand or with machinery: they spin wool into the yarn for weaving (as adjective spun) spun glass...
  • In another building, not far from where the sewing is taking place, cotton is spun into yarn and turned into a material.
  • Raw flax and wool was spun into yarn, this was then dyed or bleached, woven into cloth and then cut and sewn into the garments their families needed.
  • In these interior images, figures read aloud, spin wool, and converse with one another.
2.1Make (threads) by drawing out and twisting fibres of wool, cotton, or other material: this method is used to spin filaments from syrups...
  • These strong, thick ropes are spun using hundreds and even thousands of steel wires.
  • Yet, not even the largest hosiery mills of England spun their own thread.
  • He went inside and came across a beautiful woman spinning golden thread.
2.2(Of a spider or a silkworm or other insect) produce (gossamer or silk) or construct (a web or cocoon) by extruding a fine viscous thread from a special gland.Such meals exact a price, however: after chowing down on toxic aphids, spiders spin asymmetrical webs....
  • Unlike insects, spiders spin silks throughout their lives.
  • He jumped down, knife in hand, going down into the crater like a spider spinning a web.
3 [with object] Give (a news story) a particular emphasis or bias: ministers may now find it difficult to use the programme to spin stories in their favour...
  • The alternative Houston weekly that broke the story spun the tale as one of Olafson using his blog to rat on local politicians.
  • Public relations firms spun stories to show why big oil companies were not at all to blame.
  • I expect the British media to spin the story, to tell us selective or partial truths… that's an inevitable consequence of being human, really.
4 [no object] Fish with a spinner: they were spinning for salmon in the lake...
  • Trolling with artificial baits, the use of dead or live baits, spinning and float fishing were the types of fishing in the Gulf.
  • These times are usually when spinning or when I fish with feeders or when on holiday, when I cannot guarantee the security of my gear, especially when camping.
  • It's a real brute of a rod and when allied with a very big fixed spool reel is perfect for spinning or for fish up to fifty pounds or so.
noun
1A rapid turning or whirling motion: he concluded the dance with a double spin...
  • To topple their rivals, Zhao dreams of launching Shen into mid-air with the spin to whirl an additional 360 degrees and still touch down in stride.
  • As a fired bullet travels through the barrel, the grooves guide the bullet and give it a rapid spin.
  • Starting with the German Wheel act, Canadian Shayne Courtright deftly balanced himself in his spins, turns, twists of a wheel without losing ground.

Synonyms

rotation, revolution, turn, whirl, twirl, gyration;
pirouette, swirl;
Scottish birl
1.1 [mass noun] Revolving motion imparted to a ball in a game, especially cricket, tennis, or snooker: this racket enables the player to impart more spin to the ball...
  • For me the star attraction of the team was the mystery spinner from Australia, Jack Iverson, who took to cricket after practising spin with a table tennis ball.
  • Even a slightly damp clubface hinders your ability to impart spin on the ball, reducing your ability to draw and fade the shot on command.
  • The clubface will be closing when it contacts the ball, imparting right-to-left spin.
1.2 [usually in singular] An uncontrolled fast revolving descent of an aircraft, resulting from a stall: he tried to stop the plane from going into a spin...
  • The Texan then entered a spin, descended rapidly and collided with the ground.
  • Controls were also reported to be heavy when flying at high speeds, or at the beginning of a spin or snap roll.
  • An airplane in a spin does not gain airspeed and its rate of descent is relatively slow.
1.3 [mass noun, usually as modifier] trademark short for spinning2. an hour-long spin class spin can be tough but it’s the best cardio/muscle workout...
  • This week also saw Kevin participate in his first spin class, which gave him a good cardio vascular workout.
  • I'm going to take a few spin classes per week, and maybe do some more yoga.
  • After the market closes, he unwinds by working as a spin instructor instructor at a few health clubs around town.
1.4 Physics The intrinsic angular momentum of a subatomic particle.Both the spin and orbital angular momentum of a beam can always be calculated from the transverse components of linear momentum....
  • But any particle with integer intrinsic spin angular momentum is a boson.
  • This symmetry relates to the spin angular momentum of fundamental particles.
2 [in singular] informal A brief trip in a vehicle for pleasure: a spin around town...
  • The trip offers a local spin, like libations at a logger bar and a shuttle back to Schweitzer in county school buses.
  • Look out for the MF03 Mini sponsored by Williams, taking a spin through the town with our models.
  • He makes trouble for Mathieu, even ‘borrowing’ his Volvo for a spin through town.

Synonyms

trip, jaunt, outing, excursion, short journey, expedition, sally;
drive, ride, run, turn, airing
informal tootle, joyride
Scottish informal hurl
3 [in singular] The presentation of information in a particular way; a slant, especially a favourable one: he tried to put a positive spin on the president’s campaign [mass noun]: he was sick and tired of the Government’s control freakery and spin...
  • The Conference of Mayors made a somewhat bizarre attempt to put a positive spin on the survey's findings.
  • Despite efforts to put a positive spin on the outcome, the only concrete decision was that negotiations would continue.
  • Some boards like to put a positive spin on it as they did when I was on the board of trustees for a very large girls school.

Synonyms

slant, angle, twist, bias
4 [with adjective, in singular] Australian /NZ informal A piece of good or bad luck: Kevin had had a rough spin...
  • If we say that voting 51 percent makes something right, then I think we in this country are in for a rather rough old spin.
  • I want to say right upfront that I think I have had an incredibly rough spin from the Chair today.
  • Had a letter from Georgie today & she's had a rotten spin for two months - no doubt you've heard all about it by now.

Phrases

spin one's wheels

spin a yarn

Phrasal verbs

spin something off

spin out

spin something out

Origin

Old English spinnan 'draw out and twist (fibre'); related to German spinnen. The noun dates from the mid 19th century.

  • An Old English word that originally meant ‘to draw out and twist fibre’. The expression to spin a yarn, ‘to tell a long, far-fetched story’, is nautical in origin. An important job on board ship was making and repairing ropes, a task which involved twisting together a number of long threads or ‘yarns’. The image of this process and the reputation sailors had for telling tall tales of fabulous far-flung lands combined to produce the phrase we know today. Tony Blair's Labour government in Britain, elected in 1997, gained a reputation for its use of spin and spin doctors, but spin meaning ‘the presentation of information in a particular way, a slant’ started in the USA. It was first recorded in 1977 in the Washington Post, with spin doctor following in 1984. Spindle (Old English), originally spinel, comes from ‘spin’.

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