| 单词 | spin |
| 释义 | spin —spin /spɪn/ noun [C usually singular] OLD-FASHIONED INFORMAL (DRIVE) ► F0 a short journey in a car for pleasure: » Rupert took me for a spin in his new car.Thesaurus+: ↑Journeysnoun [C or U] (TURN) ► F0 the movement of something turning round very quickly: » I hit something on the road, which sent the car into a spin.» Suddenly, the plane went into a spin.» These clothes need another spin (= to be turned round very fast in a machine to get water out of them) - they're still very wet.» She put a lot of spin on the ball (= threw or hit it in a way that made it spin).Thesaurus+: ↑Revolving, rotating and spinningnoun [S or U] INFORMAL (CHANGE IDEAS) ► F0 a way of describing an idea or situation that makes it seem better than it really is, especially in politics: » They have tried to put a positive spin on the situation.» This report puts a different spin on the issue.Thesaurus+: ↑Cheating and tricking , ↑Plotting and trappingverb (PRESENT PARTICIPLE spinning, PAST TENSE spun, PAST PARTICIPLE UK ALSO span) (TURN) ↑Verb Endings for spin C1 [I or T] to (cause to) turn around and around, especially fast: » The Earth spins on its axis.» The roulette players silently watched the wheel spin around/round.» He was killed when his car hit a tree and spun off the road.» Spin the ball (= make it turn around and around as you throw it) and it will change direction when it hits the ground.Thesaurus+: ↑Revolving, rotating and spinninghead/room spinsF0 If your head or the room spins, you feel as if it is turning around and around, and you cannot balance: » The room started spinning and I felt faint.Thesaurus+: ↑Headaches and dizziness• • • Extra Examples:» The car spun on the ice.» She spun the globe, and pointed to the Solomon Islands.» The revolving door spun too fast and knocked him over.» He spun his partner around until she was dizzy.» The children spun the carousel round as fast as they could.verb (PRESENT PARTICIPLE spinning, PAST TENSE spun, PAST PARTICIPLE UK ALSO span) ↑Verb Endings for spin spin (sb) a story/tale/yarn► F0 to tell a story, either to deceive someone or for entertainment: » He spun some tale about needing to take time off work because his mother was ill.» [+ two objects] They spun us a story about being in desperate need of money.Thesaurus+: ↑Describing and telling storiesThesaurus+: ↑Lies, lying and hypocrisy , ↑Dishonest peopleverb [I + adv/prep] (PRESENT PARTICIPLE spinning, PAST TENSE spun, PAST PARTICIPLE UK ALSO span) INFORMAL (DRIVE) ↑Verb Endings for spin ► F0 (of a vehicle) to move quickly, or to move quickly in a vehicle: » We were spinning along, when suddenly one of our tyres burst.» Chris spun past in a flashy new car.Thesaurus+: ↑Moving quicklyverb [I or T] (PRESENT PARTICIPLE spinning, PAST TENSE spun, PAST PARTICIPLE UK ALSO span) (MAKE THREAD) ↑Verb Endings for spin ► F0 to make thread by twisting fibres, or to produce something using thread: » The final stage of the production of cotton is when it is spun into thread.» Spiders spin webs.Thesaurus+: ↑Knitting and sewing |
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