| 单词 | churning |
| 释义 | churning (once / 4047 pages) adj Use the adjective churning to describe a liquid that's being powerfully moved around. A boat on a churning lake will be tossed around on its surface. A churning sea is the result of a violent storm that blows against the water and produces large waves. You could even describe your churning stomach when you're incredibly nervous about giving a speech or making a presentation. In either case, there's an intense kind of agitation going on. The root of churning is the Old English cyrin, related to cyrnel, or "kernel," which describes the way churned cream looks grainy or gritty. WORD FAMILYchurn: churned, churning, churns USAGE EXAMPLESMy parents in their eager search delved through the brochures, the interviews and assessments, the continuous churning of paperwork. The Guardian(Dec 24, 2016) The churning guitar menace of Dacus’ “Troublemaker, Doppelganger” gets your heart racing and then the spare “Trust” breaks it. Los Angeles Times(Dec 20, 2016) No play went longer than 22 yards, yet Bell’s ever churning legs kept the ball moving, the clock running and his teammates grasping for superlatives. Washington Times(Nov 30, 2016) 1adj (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence Syn roiled, roiling, roily, turbulent agitated physically disturbed or set in motion 2adj moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation winds whipped the piled leaves into churning masses Syn churned-up agitated physically disturbed or set in motion |
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