whirling
呼呼作响,漩涡,旋转的,呼呼声
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Definitions
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- : to turn around, spin, or rotate rapidly: The merry-go-round whirled noisily.
- : to turn about or aside quickly: He whirled and faced his pursuers.
- : to move, travel, or be carried rapidly along: She whirled along the freeway in her new car.
- : to feel as though spinning rapidly; reel as from dizziness: My head began to whirl.
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- : to cause to turn around, spin, or rotate rapidly.
- : to send, drive, or carry in a circular or curving course.
- : to drive, send, or carry along with great or dizzying rapidity.
- : Obsolete. to hurl.
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- : the act of whirling; rapid rotation or gyration.
- : a whirling movement; quick turn or swing.
- : a short drive, run, walk, or the like; spin.
- : something that whirls; a whirling current or mass.
- : a rapid round of events, affairs, etc.: a whirl of meetings, conferences, and business lunches.
- : a state marked by dizziness or a dizzying succession of feelings, thoughts, etc.
- : an attempt or trial, especially one undertaken tentatively or experimentally: Even if you don't agree with my plan, won't you give it a whirl?
- : Machinery. whip.
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Examples
But Liberty is always dipping his shoulder, whirling around.
They all play a part in this whirling, well oiled machine, helping bring The Macallan to life.
But he was a whirling dervish of energy and could outwork his critics.
Back in July, a whirling household appliance caught her by the weave.
Cummings began whirling around with the blade, smashing a lamp.
I do not know what I think; all my thoughts seem whirling round as leaves do in brooks in the time of the spring rains.
At first I used to think the effect of so many people whirling round in the same direction dizzying and monotonous.
Our poor planet will be but a silent ghost whirling on its dark path in the starlight.
He saw the swans floating like bundles of dry paper, he saw the whirling sea-gulls, he obtained his former room.
The keen wind found me out and seemed to take joy in rushing in on me in biting gusts and then whirling away over the flat.