whirling

柯林斯詞典

whirl /w??l/ (whirling,whirled,whirls)

• 1. V-T/V-I If something or someone whirls around or if you whirl them around, they move around or turn around very quickly. 使快速旋轉(zhuǎn); 快速旋轉(zhuǎn)

  Not receiving an answer, she whirled around. 沒有得到答復(fù)，她猛地轉(zhuǎn)過身來。

  He was whirling Anne around the floor. 他正與安妮旋轉(zhuǎn)起舞。

• 2. N-COUNT Whirl is also a noun. 快速旋轉(zhuǎn)

  ...the barely audible whirl of wheels. …幾乎聽不見的輪子轉(zhuǎn)動聲。

• 3. N-COUNT You can refer to a lot of intense activity as a whirl of activity. 緊張激烈的一連串

  In half an hour's whirl of activity she does it all. 在半個小時馬不停蹄的忙碌中，她做完了這一切。

• 4. PHRASE If you decide to give an activity a whirl, you do it even though it is something that you have never tried before. 試一試[非正式]

  Why not give acupuncture a whirl?

  為什么不試試針灸？

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