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twirling

/twurl/US // twɜrl //UK // (twɜːl) //

转动,旋转的,转圈,转圈圈

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cause to rotate rapidly; spin; revolve; whirl.
    • : to twiddle: to twirl my thumbs.
    • : to wind idly, as about something.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to rotate rapidly; whirl.
    • : to turn quickly so as to face or point in another direction.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of twirling; spin; whirl.
    • : something convoluted or having a spiral shape; coil; curl; convolution.

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Examples

  • Some warned me, with widened eyes and fingers twirling in the air, that Manning is "kind of crazy," or "nuts."

  • With her cascade of red, twirling hair and pale, fine-boned face.

  • The acrobat was twirling during her performance, suspended by a chiffon scarf.

  • The technology that keeps her twirling and dipping is nothing short of incredible.

  • “Hasidic Jews…” Ashlee begins, twirling her fingers next to her temples.

  • "I did n't fly off the handle," said the screw, twirling huskily at the end of the screw-shaft.

  • He turned his cool regard upon Chief Inspector Kerry, twirling the cord of his monocle about one finger.

  • She stared absently at the silk tassel, twirling it about her white fingers more and more rapidly.

  • Thomas Carr was twirling his wine-glass gently round on the white cloth, neither speaking nor looking.

  • Hilda stabbed a great crisp fallen teak leaf with her parasol, and spent the grimness of this in twirling it.