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Whirl Recorded Sense 8182.Whirl 英 Wɜːl]美 Wɝrl 释义

正面 8182.whirl
英 [wɜːl]美 [wɝrl]

背面
释义:
n. 旋转,回旋;昏乱;一连串的事;短暂的旅行vi. 旋转,回旋;急走;头晕眼花vt. 使旋转;卷走,飞快地带走
例句:
1. What the heck, I thought, I'll give it a whirl.管它呢,我想,我就试试吧。

1. 谐音“涡儿哦、弯儿哦”----漩涡、涡旋哦。
whirl 旋转词源同wharf,旋转,码头。
whirl (v.)c. 1300, probably from Old Norse hvirfla "to go round, spin," related to hvirfill "circle, ring, crown," and to Old English hweorfan "to turn" (see wharf). Related: Whirled; whirling. Whirlybird "helicopter" is from 1951.whirl (n.)early 15c., "flywheel of a spindle," from whirl (v.). The meaning "act of whirling" is recorded from late 15c.; figurative sense of "confused activity" is recorded from 1550s. Colloquial sense of "tentative attempt" is attested from 1884, American English."

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