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whirling

/wurl, hwurl/US // wɜrl, ʰwɜrl //UK // (wɜːl) //

呼呼作响,漩涡,旋转的,呼呼声

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v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : 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.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : 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.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.