| 单词 | reel |
| 释义 | reel (once / 505 pages) 1nv 2vn A reel is a cylinder that can be wound with flexible material like film or fishing line. If you found dozens of reels of old home movies in your grandparents' attic, you'd search for a projector. You might find an old movie reel, a reel of copper wire, or a fishing reel. Use the reel on your fishing pole to reel in your fish! Yes, it’s a verb, too. And it’s a lively folk dance — or the music for it — from Scotland (Highland reel), or America (Virginia reel). As a verb, reel also means to sway from dizziness. If an ear infection messes with your balance, you might reel down the hall like you were drunk. WORD FAMILYreel: reeled, reeler, reeling, reels, unreel+/reeler: reelers/unreel: unreeled, unreeling, unreels USAGE EXAMPLESMaybe by the end of 2017, they will find themselves featuring heavily in a highlight reel like this one: New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) Despite reeling from a collective gut punch, women who were opposed to President-elect Donald Trump channeled their sadness and rage into activism and organization. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) “A lot of merchants are reeling from these same problems,” he said at his office in Sanaa. Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016) 1 1n a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound Syn|Hypo|Hyper bobbin, spool filature a bobbin used in spinning silk into thread shuttlebobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads winder mechanical device around which something can be wound 2n winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod Hyper winder mechanical device around which something can be wound 3n a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector Hyper film, photographic film photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies 4v wind onto or off a reel 2Hypo|Hyper reel off, unreel unwind from or as if from a reel roll, twine, wind, wrap arrange or or coil around 1v revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis Syn|Hypo|Hyper gyrate, spin, spin around, whirl whirligig whirl or spin like a whirligig go around, revolve, rotate turn on or around an axis or a center 2v walk as if unable to control one's movements Syn|Hyper careen, keel, lurch, stagger, swag walk use one's feet to advance; advance by steps 3n a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps Syn|Hypo|Hyper Scottish reel highland fling a vigorous Scottish reel eightsomea Scottish reel for eight dancers square dance, square dancing American country dancing in which couples form squares 4n an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines Syn|Hyper Virginia reel longways, longways dance country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other 5n music composed for dancing a reel Hyper dance music music to dance to |
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