whirling

英 [ˈwɜːlɪŋ]

美 [ˈwɜːrlɪŋ]

v.  (使)旋转，回旋，打转; (头脑、思想等)混乱不清，激动，恍惚
whirl的现在分词

现在分词：whirling　复数：whirlings　

BNC.24630 / COCA.22200

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)回旋;(使)旋转
  If something or someonewhirlsaround or if youwhirlthem around, they move around or turn around very quickly.
  1. Not receiving an answer, she whirled round...
     没有得到答案，她飞快地转过身去。
  2. He was whirling Anne around the floor...
     他正拉着安妮在舞池内转圈儿。
  3. The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column.
     浓烟开始盘旋上升，形成了一个巨大的烟柱。
  4. Whirlis also a noun.
     
  5. ...the barely audible whirl of wheels.
     几乎听不见轮子的转动声
• N-COUNT 一连串;接连不断的活动
  You can refer to a lot of intense activity as awhirlof activity.
  1. In half an hour's whirl of activity she does it all...
     经过半个小时的忙碌，她全都做完了。
  2. Your life is such a social whirl.
     你总是在不停地参加社交活动。
• PHRASE 混乱;躁动
  If a person or their mind isin a whirl, they are very confused or excited.
  1. My thoughts are in a whirl.
     我的脑子里一团乱。
• PHRASE 试一试;尝试一下
  If you decide togivean activitya whirl, you do it even though it is something that you have never tried before.
  1. Why not give acupuncture a whirl?...
     为什么不试试针灸？
  2. We decided to give it a whirl.
     我们决定尝试一下。

英英释义

noun

• the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
  Synonym:gyration

双语例句

• The leaves of the trees came whirling down in the wind.
  树叶在风中旋转落下。
• China's classic dance has obvious characteristics of expression: the first is the whirling and turning body posture;
  中国古典舞具有明显的表现特征：一是回旋、圆转的体势；
• O my God, make them like the whirling dust, Like chaff before the wind.
  诗83：13我的神阿、求你叫他们像旋风的尘土、像风前的碎秸。
• A dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and whirling.
  活动包括狂喜地跳舞和旋转的苦行僧。
• There's no spinning beachball or whirling hourglass and no big application freeze.
  没有旋转的皮球或者沙漏，应用程序也没有明显的冻结。
• The children were dancing like whirling dervishes.
  孩子们跳舞疯得像旋转的托钵僧。
• Billions of asteroids and comets are whirling around the sun, and they have their own distinct traffic patterns.
  几十亿颗小行星和彗星在围绕着太阳旋转，它们有着自己独特的穿行模式。
• Brian was whirling like a dervish, slapping at the mosquitoes and moaning.
  布赖恩如同旋转舞蹈的托钵僧一样转来转去，一边拍打着蚊子一边抱怨不停。
• Couples whirling round the dance floor
  一对对舞伴在舞池里旋转着翩翩起舞
• Snowflakes are whirling down.
  雪花飘零。