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Spin Verb Make 例:The Head N Sing Spinning Quickly

单词 spinning
音标
英[ˈspɪnɪŋ] 美[ˈspɪnɪŋ]
解释
n.纺纱;v.使…旋转( spin的现在分词 );纺(线);杜撰;(使)急转身;
例句

V-ERG
(使)旋转
If something spins or if you spin it, it turns quickly around a central point.
例: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。
例:The Earth spins on its own axis...地球绕着地轴自转。

VERB
(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.
例: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。

VERB
(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.
例:My head was spinning from the wine...我喝了葡萄酒后晕乎乎的。
例:All those figures make my poor head spin.那么多数字把我搞得头昏脑胀。

N-SING
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.
例: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。
例:...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

N-UNCOUNT
(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.
例: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。

N-SING
(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.

VERB
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.
例: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。

VERB
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.
例: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。

N-SING
(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.

N-UNCOUNT
(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.

PHRASE
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.
例: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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