whirl
英 [w??l]
美 [w?rl]
- n. 旋轉(zhuǎn)，回旋；昏亂；一連串的事；短暫的旅行
- vi. 旋轉(zhuǎn)，回旋；急走；頭暈眼花
- vt. 使旋轉(zhuǎn)；卷走，飛快地帶走
助記提示
1. 諧音“渦兒哦、彎兒哦”----漩渦、渦旋哦。
中文詞源
whirl 旋轉(zhuǎn)詞源同wharf,旋轉(zhuǎn)，碼頭。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. What the heck, I thought, I'll give it a whirl.
- 管它呢，我想，我就試試吧。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. In half an hour's whirl of activity she does it all.
- 經(jīng)過半個小時的忙碌，她全都做完了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Your life is such a social whirl.
- 你總是在不停地參加社交活動。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Why not give acupuncture a whirl?
- 為什么不試試針灸？
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. We decided to give it a whirl.
- 我們決定嘗試一下。
來自柯林斯例句