英语词汇“whirl”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	whirl
释义	whirl I. \ˈhw]ərl also ˈw], esp before pause or consonant ]ər.əl; ]ə̄l, ]əil\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English whirlen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse hvirfla to whirl; akin to Middle Dutch wirvel, wervel, warvel bolt for closing a door, hinge, whirlwind, wervelen to turn, Old High German wirbil whirlwind, Old Norse hvirfill circle, ring, crown of the head, hverfa to turn around — more at wharf *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to move or turn in a circle or similar curve : circle < his sister whirls round and round on the carousel — H.N.Maclean > < our sun and the stars near it are whirling in roughly circular orbits — B.J.Bok > b. : to move circularly in various or random directions especially with force or speed < the wind … whirled round her in eddies and spirals — J.C.Powys > < the dancers whirl about the room > < his thoughts were whirling wildly — Morley Callaghan > < separated by a wide gulf in which whirled the nothingnesses of training and temperament — S.E.White > 2. a. : to turn on or around an axis like a wheel : spin, revolve, rotate < the potter's wheel whirls at its work > < the eddies of the flooding river whirl menacingly > b. : to turn abruptly around or aside : wheel < whirled about to the door — Liam O'Flaherty > < the tiger saw the movement and whirled to face me — Edison Marshall > < strode away 20 paces, whirled suddenly, and blazed away — C.B.Davis > c. : to turn around while bent considerably out of true through the effect of centrifugal force 3. : to pass, move, or go quickly : speed, rush < the landlady whirled down the hallway — J.B.Clayton > < the carriages used to whirl by the house > < the General Court whirled into special session — J.R.Aswell & E.J.Michelson > 4. : to become giddy or dizzy : reel < all of a sudden my head whirled, and the lights went out and I fell — Dorothy Baker > *transitive verb* 1. : to drive, impel, or convey with or as if with a rotary motion < cottonwoods … snapped off and were whirled away — American Guide Series: Tennessee > < the pair jumped into a car and were whirled away — S.H.Adams > < has been whirled … to the height of fame — T.H.White b.1915 > 2. a. : to cause to turn usually rapidly on or around an axis : rotate < the catapult officer whirled one finger above his head — J.A.Michener > < subjects will be whirled at speed approaching 1000 miles an hour — All Hands > < whirled the helpless characters around while war or peace was being decided — Henri Peyre > b. : to cause to turn abruptly around or aside < caught a swift purple gaze of eyes as she whirled her head — Zane Grey > 3. obsolete : to throw or hurl violently with a revolving motion < a sling to whirl stones > 4. archaic : to cause to become giddy < the sight of the vast canyon whirls his brain > 5. : twist 5 Synonyms: see turn II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English whirle, from whirlen, v. 1. : whorl 1 2. a. : a rapid rotating or circling movement : spin, gyration < the whirl of the buzz saw — American Guide Series: Louisiana > < gave the crank a whirl — John Hermann > < snatched up a black net scarf … and with a sudden whirl draped herself — Winifred Bambrick > < guide vanes add whirl to the working fluid — E.L.Hunsaker & W.A.Stoner > b. : something undergoing such a movement : vortex, eddy < the whirls of the pool > < tropical cyclones are small cyclonic whirls — Sverre Petterssen > 3. a. : a confused tumult : commotion, bustle < had plunged into a whirl of work — Will Irwin > < a whirl of people riding or walking to the market place — Lamp > < we avoided the gay social whirl … because we wanted something more solid from life — Gráinne Andrews > b. : a confused or disturbed mental state : turmoil < passed his days in a whirl of febrile excitement — Emily Skeel > < that these distinguished men were calling upon me quite set me in a whirl — David Fairchild > < my mind is in a whirl all the time — Arnold Bennett > 4. : rapid, intense, or impelled movement : rush < the whirl of vehicles fills the streets > < a ten-day whirl through allied capitals — N.Y.Times > < had forgotten his lunch and returned in a whirl to get it — Agnes S. Turnbull > 5. : a whorl of parts on a plant or animal : verticil 6. : a hook or reel of a rope winch by which the strands of a rope are twisted; also : the winch to which the hook or reel is attached 7. : an experimental or brief attempt : try < there had been her own veto of a career as a fashion designer after a trial whirl — Current Biography > < took a whirl at the intellectual life — Kay Rogers > < pleaded with us to give whale steak a whirl — New Yorker >
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