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Swirl Whirl 6249.Swirl 英 Swɜːl]美 Swɝl 释义 N

正面 6249.swirl
英 [swɜːl]美 [swɝl]

背面
释义:
n. 漩涡;打旋;涡状形vi. 盘绕;打旋;眩晕;大口喝酒vt. 使成漩涡
例句:
1. He breathes out a swirl of cigarette smoke.他吐出一串烟圈。

1. whirl => swirl.2. swirl 很可能与whirl 同源,或者就是源于 whirl, s- (intensive s-) + whirl => swirl.3. 谐音“是涡儿哦”----漩涡、涡旋哦。
swirl 打旋,打转,起漩涡可能来自辅音丛 sw-,弯,转,摇摆,摇晃,比较 swing,sway,sweep,swipe.引申诸相关词义。
swirl (v.)1510s (transitive), with an isolated instance from 14c.; from swirl (n.). Intransitive sense "form in eddies, whirl in eddies" is from 1755. Related: Swirled; swirling.swirl (n.)early 15c., "whirlpool, eddy," originally Scottish, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to dialectal Norwegian svirla or Dutch zwirrelen "to whirl." The meaning "whirling movement" is from 1818."

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