[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)回旋;(使)旋转 If something or someone whirls around or if you whirl them around, they move around or turn around very quickly.
[V adv/prep]
[V n adv/prep]
[V]
[Also V n]
Not receiving an answer, she whirled round...
没有得到答案,她飞快地转过身去。
He was whirling Anne around the floor...
他正拉着安妮在舞池内转圈儿。
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。
Whirl is also a noun.
...the barely audible whirl of wheels.
几乎听不见轮子的转动声
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]一连串;接连不断的活动 You can refer to a lot of intense activity as a whirl of activity.
[usu sing]
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。
Your life is such a social whirl.
你总是在不停地参加社交活动。
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[PHRASE 短语]混乱;躁动 If a person or their mind is in a whirl, they are very confused or excited.
[v-link PHR]
[LITERARY 文]
My thoughts are in a whirl.
我的脑子里一团乱。
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[PHRASE 短语]试一试;尝试一下 If you decide to give an activity a whirl, you do it even though it is something that you have never tried before.
[V inflects]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
Why not give acupuncture a whirl?...
为什么不试试针灸?
We decided to give it a whirl.
我们决定尝试一下。
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whirl/wɜːl; NAmEwɜːrl/
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whirlwhirlswhirledwhirlingverb1[intransitive , transitive ]to move, or make sb/sth move, around quickly in a circle or in a particular direction (使)旋转,回旋,打转SYN
spin
(+ adv./prep.)◆Leaves whirled in the wind.落叶在风中旋转。◆She whirled around to face him.她猛地转过身子面对着他。◆the whirling blades of the helicopter直升机旋转着的桨叶whirlsb/sth (+ adv./prep.) ◆Tom whirled her across the dance floor.汤姆拥着她从舞池的一边旋转到另一边。2[intransitive ]if your mind, thoughts, etc. whirl,you feel confused and excited and cannot think clearly (头脑、思想等)混乱不清,激动,恍惚SYN
reel
◆I couldn't sleep—my mind was whirling from all that had happened.我睡不着,所发生的一切一直在脑子里转来转去。◆So many thoughts whirled around in her mind.她思绪万千,脑子里乱作一团。noun[singular ]1a movement of sth spinning round and round 旋转;回旋;急转◆a whirl of dust尘土飞扬◆( figurative) Her mind was in a whirl(= in a state of confusion or excitement).她脑子里乱糟糟的。2a number of activities or events happening one after the other 接连不断的活动;纷至沓来的事件◆Her life was one long whirl of parties.她的生活就是接连不断的聚会。◆It's easy to get caught up in the social whirl.很容易被纷繁的社交活动缠得脱不开身。IDIOMgive sth a ˈwhirl( informal) to try sth to see if you like it or can do it 试一试whirl/wɜːl; NAmEwɜːrl/
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1[intransitive, transitive] to turn or spin around very quickly, or to make someone or something do this: We watched the seagulls whirling and shrieking over the harbour.whirl about/around/towards etc She whirled around and her look shook him.whirl somebody/something about/around/away etc He whirled her round in his arms.2[intransitive] if your head is whirling, or if thoughts are whirling in your head, your mind is full of thoughts and ideas, and you feel very confused or excited: His head was whirling with excitement. The implications began to whirl around in her head.
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1give something a whirl informal to try something that you are not sure you are going to like or be able to do: Why don’t you give golf a whirl?2[singular] a lot of activity of a particular kind: the social whirl of New York publishingwhirl of The next two days passed in a whirl of activity.3be in a whirl to feel very excited or confused about something: His mind was in a whirl and he was worried.4[countable usually singular] a spinning movement or the shape of something that is spinningwhirl of A car rumbled over the bumpy dirt road, leaving behind a whirl of white dust.
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