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Swirl Swə:L V.旋转;N.漩 英 V.旋转(To Move Eddying Motion);N.漩涡(A

单词 swirl
音标 [swə:l]
解释 v.旋转;n.漩
红宝书 【英】 v.旋转(to move with an eddying motion);n.漩涡(a whirling motion;eddy)
【记】 s+wirl(转);
【同】 参考:whirl(旋转)
【例】 dust swirling in the air / the slow swirl of the stream
字源 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.
不择手段背单词 v. 旋转; n 漩涡 = eddy
【记】s, wirl转; 参: whirl(n /v 旋转)
趣味全助记 【记】whirl (音:涡)回旋,旋转;音:水涡,旋涡

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