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

• Whirling snow swept over the road.
  风雪载途。
• He stepped out into the night and the whirling snow.
  他走出来，溶入到夜色与飞旋的雪花中去。
• By comparison the navy was a queer little planet whirling in an austere void.
  相比之下，海军像一颗在严峻的太空中旋转的怪诞的小行星。
• 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。
• 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；
• His mind was still whirling with the music and the lights.
  他的头脑里仍然满是音乐声和灯光。
• The leaves of the trees came whirling down in the wind.
  树叶在风中旋转落下。
• We rushed out of the house into a whirling snowstorm.
  我们冲出屋子走到漫天飞舞的暴风雪中。
• 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。
• Researchers still have much to study in the billions of whirling disks that populate our universe.
  在这些充斥整个宇宙的无数旋转圆盘上，还有许多有待研究的课题。