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whirl v.使 ... 旋转；回旋；迅速移动；头晕目眩n.回旋；旋转；一个接一个的活动；混乱；尝试 (1) 它可能顺时针方向或反时针方向旋转。(2) 电子继续绕着质子转。(3) 风吹得枯叶在四处回旋。(4) 火车越开越快，周围的房子在我们旁边一闪而过。(5) 他头昏了。(6) 我睡不著觉，所见所闻仍在头脑中转来转去。(7) 舞蹈者多彩多姿的旋转令人赏心悦目。(8) 他无法适应这个大都市的现代生活的忙碌。(9) 她的生活在参加宴会中度过。(10) 我的脑袋一片混乱，我得坐下好好想一想。(11) 这个工作听起来没什么意思,可是我还是要去试一试。 Both whirl and spin are words that mean "turn" but that have also come to mean trying something briefly––you might take a car for a spin or take a turn hiking in the Himalayas. All imply an attitude so free-wheeling, so easy, so devil-may-care it might make your head spin. Or whirl.

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英 [wɜːl] 美 [wɜːrl] (1) It may whirl either clockwise or counterclockwise.(2) The electron continues to whirl about the proton.(3) The wind whirled the dead leaves about.(4) The houses whirled past us as the train gathered speed.(5) His head whirled.(6) I couldn't sleep: my mind was still whirling from all I had seen and heard.(7) The colorful whirl of the dancer is beautiful to watch.(8) He can't adjust himself to the whirl of modern life in this big city.(9) Her life was a whirl of parties.(10) My head's in a whirl; I must sit down and think.(11) The job doesn't sound very exciting but I'll give it a whirl. Whirl means a quick spin, and for giving something a try. Hang-gliding? Snake-charming? "Sure," you say. "I'll give it a whirl." 1[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2[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。3[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。4[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。

英语单词	whirl
英美音标	英 [wɜːl] 美 [wɜːrl]
中文释义	v.使 ... 旋转；回旋；迅速移动；头晕目眩 n.回旋；旋转；一个接一个的活动；混乱；尝试
英语例句	(1) It may whirl either clockwise or counterclockwise. (2) The electron continues to whirl about the proton. (3) The wind whirled the dead leaves about. (4) The houses whirled past us as the train gathered speed. (5) His head whirled. (6) I couldn't sleep: my mind was still whirling from all I had seen and heard. (7) The colorful whirl of the dancer is beautiful to watch. (8) He can't adjust himself to the whirl of modern life in this big city. (9) Her life was a whirl of parties. (10) My head's in a whirl; I must sit down and think. (11) The job doesn't sound very exciting but I'll give it a whirl.
中文例句	(1) 它可能顺时针方向或反时针方向旋转。 (2) 电子继续绕着质子转。 (3) 风吹得枯叶在四处回旋。 (4) 火车越开越快，周围的房子在我们旁边一闪而过。 (5) 他头昏了。 (6) 我睡不著觉，所见所闻仍在头脑中转来转去。 (7) 舞蹈者多彩多姿的旋转令人赏心悦目。 (8) 他无法适应这个大都市的现代生活的忙碌。 (9) 她的生活在参加宴会中度过。 (10) 我的脑袋一片混乱，我得坐下好好想一想。 (11) 这个工作听起来没什么意思,可是我还是要去试一试。
vocabulary简明	Whirl means a quick spin, and for giving something a try. Hang-gliding? Snake-charming? "Sure," you say. "I'll give it a whirl."
vocabulary扩展	Both whirl and spin are words that mean "turn" but that have also come to mean trying something briefly––you might take a car for a spin or take a turn hiking in the Himalayas. All imply an attitude so free-wheeling, so easy, so devil-may-care it might make your head spin. Or whirl.
柯林斯解释	1 [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 2 [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。 3 [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。 4 [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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