[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)旋转 If something spins or if you spin it, it turns quickly around a central point.
[V]
[V n]
[V n round/around]
The latest discs, used for small portable computers, spin 3600 times a minute...
用在小型便携式计算机上的最新光盘转速为每分钟 3,600 转。
The Earth spins on its own axis...
地球绕着地轴自转。
He spun the wheel sharply and made a U turn in the middle of the road...
他猛打方向盘，在路中间掉头。
He spun his car round and went after them.
他掉转车头，去追他们。
Spin is also a noun.
This driving mode allows you to move off in third gear to reduce wheel-spin in icy conditions.
在这个驾驶模式下你可以挂 3 挡起步，以减少轮子在结冰路面上打滑的现象。
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[VERB 动词](用甩干机或洗衣机)甩干（衣服），给…脱水 When you spin washing, it is turned round and round quickly in a spin drier or a washing machine to get the water out.
[V n]
Just spin the washing and it's nearly dry.
只需要将洗好的衣物脱水，它就差不多干了。
Spin is also a noun.
Set on a cool wash and finish with a short spin.
设定用凉水洗衣，最后短时脱水。
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[VERB 动词](因醉酒、生病或兴奋而)头晕 If your head is spinning, you feel unsteady or confused, for example because you are drunk, ill, or excited.
[V]
My head was spinning from the wine...
我喝了葡萄酒后晕乎乎的。
All those figures make my poor head spin.
那么多数字把我搞得头昏脑胀。
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[N-SING 单数名词]See also:
spin doctor
；带倾向性的解释(或说法) If someone puts a certain spin on an event or situation, they interpret it and try to present it in a particular way.
[with supp]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
He interpreted the vote as support for the constitution and that is the spin his supporters are putting on the results today.
他把这次投票解释为对宪法的支持，这也是他的支持者对今天的投票结果所作的解释。
...the wholly improper political spin given to the report, particularly by The New York Times.
报道中带有的根本不恰当的政治倾向，特别是《纽约时报》的报道
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](政治上的)倾向性报道 In politics, spin is the way in which political parties try to present everything they do in a positive way to the public and the media.
The public is sick of spin and tired of promises. It's time for politicians to act.
公众厌烦了那些有倾向性的报道和种种许诺。该是用政绩说话的时候了。
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[N-SING 单数名词](乘车)兜风 If you go for a spin or take a car for a spin, you make a short journey in a car just to enjoy yourself.
[a N]
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[VERB 动词]杜撰；虚构；编造 If someone spins a story, they give you an account of something that is untrue or only partly true.
[V n]
[Also V n n]
He was surprised, and annoyed that she had spun a story which was too good to be condemned as a simple lie.
他很惊讶，也很生气，因为她编的故事太真实了，甚至不能被斥为一个简单的谎言。
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[VERB 动词]纺纱；纺线 When people spin, they make thread by twisting together pieces of a fibre such as wool or cotton using a device or machine.
[V n]
[Also V]
Michelle will also spin a customer's wool fleece to specification at a cost of $2.25 an ounce.
米歇尔也会按顾客的要求为其纺羊毛呢，每盎司收费 2.25 美元。
spinning
They do their own cooking, spinning, and woodworking.
他们自己做饭，纺线，做木工活。
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[N-SING 单数名词](飞机的)螺旋式急遽下坠，向下旋冲 If a plane goes into a spin, it falls very rapidly towards the ground in a spiral movement.
[a N]
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](网球或板球运动中球的）快速旋转，旋转运动 In a game such as tennis or cricket, if you put spin on a ball, you deliberately make it spin rapidly when you hit it or throw it.
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[PHRASE 短语]感到惊慌失措 If you say that someone is in a spin or in a flat spin, you mean that they are confused and unable to act sensibly because of something that has happened.
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[BRIT 英]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
Poor Jane was in rather a spin about the party.
可怜的简对这次聚会真有些不知所措。
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spinspinsspunspinningverb★(spin·ning,spun,spun/spʌn; NAmEspʌn/)turn round quickly 快速旋转1★[intransitive , transitive ]to turn round and round quickly; to make sth do this （使）快速旋转(+ adv./prep.)◆The plane was spinning out of control.飞机失去控制，不停地旋转。◆a spinning ice skater做旋转动作的溜冰者◆My head is spinning (= I feel as if my head is going around and I can't balance).我觉得天旋地转。spin(round/around) ◆The dancers spun round and round.舞者不停地旋转。spinsth (round/around) ◆to spin a ball/coin/wheel转动球╱硬币╱轮子2★[intransitive , transitive ]spin(sb) round/around |+ adv./prep.to turn round quickly once; to make sb do this （使）急转身，猛转回头，急转弯◆He spun around to face her.他猛地回过身来，面对着她。make thread 纺线3[intransitive , transitive ]to make thread from wool, cotton, silk, etc. by twisting it 纺（线）；纺（纱）◆She sat by the window spinning.她坐在窗前纺线。spinsth ◆to spin and knit wool纺毛线织毛活spinA into B ◆spinning silk into thread把蚕丝纺成线spinB from A ◆spinning thread from silk用蚕丝纺线of spider/silkworm 蜘蛛；蚕4[transitive ]spinsth to produce thread from its body to make a web or cocoon吐（丝）；作（茧）；结（网）◆a spider spinning a web结网的蜘蛛drive/travel quickly 高速驾驶╱行进5[intransitive ]+ adv./prep.to drive or travel quickly 驾车飞驰；疾驰◆They went spinning along the roads on their bikes.他们骑自行车沿公路疾驰。dry clothes 甩干衣服6[transitive ]spinsth to remove the water from clothes that have just been washed, in a spin dryer（用旋转式脱水机）甩干衣服present information 陈述7[transitive ]spinsth (as sth) to present information or a situation in a particular way, especially one that makes you or your ideas seem good 有倾向性地陈述；（尤指）以有利于自己的口吻描述◆An aide was already spinning the senator's defeat as ‘almost as good as an outright win’.一名助手已经开始将那位参议员的失败描述成“几乎是大获全胜”。IDIOMspin (sb) a ˈyarn, ˈtale, etc.to try to make sb believe a long story that is not true 杜撰故事，编造故事（以让人信以为真）☞more at
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n.PHRASAL VERBSˌspin ˈoff (from sth) | ˌspin sth↔ˈoff (from sth)to happen or to produce sth as a new or unexpected result of sth that already exists 脱胎（于某事物）；（从某事物）派生，衍生；随之而产生◆products spinning off from favourite books从一些畅销书衍生出的产品☞related noun
spin-off
ˌspin sth↔ˈoff( business 商) ( especially NAmE) to form a new company from parts of an existing one 从…脱离出来（组建新公司）◆The transportation operation will be spun off into a separate company.运输部门将脱离出来组建为一家独立公司。ˌspin sth↔ˈoutto make sth last as long as possible 拉长；拖长nounfast turning movement 高速旋转1[countable , uncountable ]a very fast turning movement 高速旋转◆the earth's spin地球的自转◆the spin of a wheel轮子的转动◆Give the washing a short spin.把洗过的衣服稍稍甩一下。2[countable , usually singular ]if an aircraft goes into a spin,it falls and turns round rapidly （飞机的）旋冲，螺旋in car 乘汽车3[countable ]( informal,becoming old-fashioned) a short ride in a car for pleasure 兜风◆Let's go for a spin.咱们兜风去吧。in tennis/cricket 网球；板球4[uncountable ]the way you make a ball turn very fast when you throw it or hit it 旋转◆She puts a lot of spin on the ball.她打出的球旋转得很厉害。◆a spin bowler(= in cricket,a bowlerwho uses spin) 投旋转球的板球投球手☞see also
topspin
on information 陈述5[singular , uncountable ]( informal) a way of presenting information or a situation in a particular way, especially one that makes you or your ideas seem good （尤指有利于自己的）导向性陈述◆Politicians put their own spin on the economic situation.政治人物对经济形势各执一词。IDIOMin a (flat) ˈspinvery confused, worried or excited 晕头转向；急得团团转；十分激动◆Her resignation put her colleagues in a spin.她的辞职令同事们摸不着头脑。spin/spɪn; NAmEspɪn/spun/spʌn; NAmEspʌn/
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1turn around [intransitive, transitive] to turn around and around very quickly, or to make something do this: The plane’s propellers were spinning.spin (something/somebody) around She grabbed Norm’s arm and spun him around to face her.2somebody’s head is spinning (also the room is spinning) if your head or the room is spinning, you feel as if you might faint (=become unconscious) because you are shocked, excited, or drunk: I was pouring with sweat, and my head was spinning. The room started to spin.3situation/information [transitive] to describe a situation or information in a way that is intended to influence the way people think about it – used especially about what politicians or business people do: Supporters attempted to spin the bill’s defeat to their advantage.4spin a tale/story/yarn to tell a story, especially using a lot of imagination: She spun a story about a trip to Athens to meet one of the authors.5wool/cotton [intransitive, transitive] to make cotton, wool etc into thread by twisting it6drive [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] written to drive or travel quicklySYN speedspin past/along etc Barbara spun past in her new sports car.7spin your wheels American English to continue trying to do something without having any success: I felt like I was just spinning my wheels trying to make him understand.8wet clothes [transitive] British English to get water out of clothes using a machine after you have washed them9insect [transitive] if a spider or insect spins a web or cocoon, it produces thread to make itspin off phrasal verbto make part of a company into a separate and partly independent company, or to become a separate companyspin something ↔ off At the time of the merger, Loral spun off its space divisions into a separate firm.spin off from Lucent spun off from AT&T several years ago. →
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spin out phrasal verb1 spin something ↔ out British English to make something continue for longer than is necessarySYN drag out: I’m paid by the hour, so I spin the work out as long as I can.2spin something ↔ out British English to use money, food etc as carefully and slowly as possible, because you do not have very much of itspin out over I’ve only got £10 left, so we’ll have to spin it out over the whole week.3American English if a car spins out, the driver loses control of it and the car spins around
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1turning [countable] an act of turning around quickly: the Earth’s spin The Russian skater finished her routine with a series of spins.2car [singular] informal a short trip in a car for pleasureSYN drive: Let’s go for a spin in the country. Do you want to take my car for a spin?3ball [uncountable] if you put spin on a ball in a game such as tennis or cricket, you deliberately make the ball turn very quickly so that it is difficult for your opponent to hit4information [singular, uncountable] the way someone, especially a politician or business person, talks about information or a situation, especially in order to influence the way people think about it: They tried to put a positive spin on the sales figures. →
spin doctor
5aircraft [singular] if an aircraft goes into a spin, it falls suddenly, turning around and around6in/into a (flat) spin if you are in a spin, you are very confused and anxious: The sudden fall on the stock market sent brokers into a spin.7wet clothes give something a spin British English to turn clothes around very fast in a machine to remove water from them
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