whirl

英 [wɜːl] 美 [wɜːrl]

• 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

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)急转

   (cause to) move round and round very fast

2. vt. & vi. (使)快速移动

   (cause to) move away in a hurry

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. （迅速）卷走
2. 急驶，飞跑，急行，飞快移动，疾走，飞奔
3. 使突然转向
4. 飞快地带走
5. （使）旋转，（使）回旋，打转，转
6. 头晕眼花，眩晕，感到昏乱，恍惚，混乱不清
7. （使）卷成旋涡
8. 旋转着前进
9. 旋转着扔
10. 用车运
11. 迅速接连发生
12. 相继涌起
13. 混成一团
14. 激动
15. 螺旋形地运转
16. 投掷，猛抛

n. 名词

1. 头晕，昏乱
2. 一连串的事
3. <口>短暂的旅行
4. <口>尝试
5. 旋转，回旋
6. 混乱
7. 使人眼光撩乱的变迁
8. 旋风
9. 旋涡， 涡流， 旋流
10. 【动、植】轮，环
11. 涡动
12. 急转（动作）
13. 接连不断的活动

英英释义

Noun:

1. confused movement;

   "he was caught up in a whirl of work"
   "a commotion of people fought for the exits"
   

2. the shape of something rotating rapidly

3. a usually brief attempt;

   "he took a crack at it"
   "I gave it a whirl"
   

4. the act of rotating rapidly;

   "he gave the crank a spin"
   "it broke off after much twisting"
   

Verb:

1. turn in a twisting or spinning motion;

   "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"
   

2. cause to spin;

   "spin a coin"
   

3. flow in a circular current, of liquids

4. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis;

   "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
   

5. fly around;

   "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"
   "rising smoke whirled in the air"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. It may whirl either clockwise or counterclockwise.
   它可能顺时针方向或反时针方向旋转。
2. The electron continues to whirl about the proton.
   电子继续绕着质子转。
3. The wind whirled the dead leaves about.
   风吹得枯叶在四处回旋。
4. The houses whirled past us as the train gathered speed.
   火车越开越快，周围的房子在我们旁边一闪而过。
5. His head whirled.
   他头昏了。
6. I couldn't sleep: my mind was still whirling from all I had seen and heard.
   我睡不著觉，所见所闻仍在头脑中转来转去。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The colorful whirl of the dancer is beautiful to watch.
   舞蹈者多彩多姿的旋转令人赏心悦目。
2. He can't adjust himself to the whirl of modern life in this big city.
   他无法适应这个大都市的现代生活的忙碌。
3. Her life was a whirl of parties.
   她的生活在参加宴会中度过。
4. My head's in a whirl; I must sit down and think.
   我的脑袋一片混乱，我得坐下好好想一想。
5. The job doesn't sound very exciting but I'll give it a whirl.
   这个工作听起来没什么意思,可是我还是要去试一试。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The earth whirls on its axis.
   地球绕轴自转。
2. The letter was picked up by the wind and whirled into the air.
   信被风刮跑了,转着圈地飘向天空。
3. The houses whirled past us as the train gathered speed.
   火车越来越快,周围的房子在我们的旁边一闪而过。
4. After meeting so many new people, my head was whirling.
   会见这么多生人,我头都晕了。
5. I couldn't sleep; my mind was still whirling from all I had seen and heard.
   我睡不着,所见所闻仍在头脑中转来转去。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The wind whirled the dead leaves about.
   风吹得枯叶四处飞舞。
2. The cart whirled him down the hill.
   马车迅速地载他下山。
3. He whirled his stick above his head.
   他在头顶上抡动他的棍子。

经典引文

• The whirl of the snow-drift.

  出自： E. K. Kane

• The Palace Hotel Skating Rink..everybody whirling round in vivid colours.

  出自： N. Coward

• Dust which..whirled around us in the wind.

  出自： G. Greene

• Suddenly alive with energy, she whirled about opening doors.

  出自： D. Lessing

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

whirl away (v.+adv.)

将…带走 take sb away quickly, especially on a social occasion
whirl sb ⇔ away
They whirled me away before I could say anything.

我还没说什么,他们就把我迅速带走了。
He whirled them away in his new sports car.

他开着他的新跑车载着他们疾驰而去。

whirl round¹ (v.+adv.)

使急转身,使快速旋转 (cause to) turn round fast
whirl round
He whirled round at the sound of his name.

一听到有人呼唤他的名字,他马上转身。 whirl sb/sth ⇔ round
Please stop whirling me round, it makes me feel sick.

请不要再让我旋转了,这让我觉得不舒服。
She whirled the rope round.

她一圈一圈地旋转着绳带。
This little stand is on wheels, so you can whirl it round and choose the cup you want.

这个小架子装有轮子,因此你可以转动它来选择你所要的杯子。

whirl round² (v.+prep.)

使…绕…旋转 make turn round sth
whirl round sth
The dancer whirled round the room.

舞蹈者绕室旋转。 whirl sb/sth round sth
He whirled his partner round the dance floor.

他带着他的舞伴环绕舞池旋转。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• whirl the dead leaves 枯叶四处飞舞
• whirl the stick 抡动棍子

～+副词

• whirl crazily 疯狂地旋转
• whirl dizzily 头晕目眩
• whirl gaily 快乐地旋转
• whirl giddily 头晕目眩
• whirl incessantly 连续不断地旋转
• whirl joyously 高兴地旋转
• whirl madly 混乱不清
• whirl away 将…带走
• whirl round 使急转身; 使快速旋转

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. whirl的基本意思是“使某人某物旋转、打转、回旋”。引申指“(头脑、知觉等)混乱不清”“异常兴奋”“头晕目眩”,强调旋转或转动的力量、速度或动力。
2. whirl既可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词、代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

whirl, spin

• 这组词均为“迅速旋转”的意思。其区别是：
• whirl转动的速度较大,回旋的范围较宽; spin通常是绕轴心转动。

rotate，revolve，roll，spin，turn，whirl，circle

• 这些动词均有“转动、旋转”之意。
• rotate侧重指物体围绕自己的轴或中心旋转，即自转。
• revolve强调指物体围绕本身以外的中心旋转，即公转。
• roll指某物在平面上滚动或翻滚。
• spin指沿内轴迅速而连续旋转，或沿外部一个点作快速圆周运转。
• turn普通用词，中性，含义广泛，根据搭配，可指作一个圆周运动或连续地作圆周运动，也可指仅是沿圆的弧形转动。
• whirl指旋转或作圆周运动，侧重急速或力量。
• circle指作圆周运动。

近反义词

【近义词】

• turn 翻转
• spin (使)旋转
• twirl 快速转动
• reel 卷
• rotate 轮流
• commotion 骚动
• swirl 漩涡
• rotation 旋转
• twizzle 导纱钩
• flurry 一阵疾风
• bustle 喧哗
• wheel 方向盘
• pivot 枢
• tumult 骚乱
• hustle 催促
• swivel 转换仪器
• circle 圆圈
• spree 欢闹
• offer 提供
• purl 反针
• eddy 漩涡
• gyrate 旋涡状的
• birl 踩着旋转
• crack 破裂
• tumble 暴跌
• pass 通过
• fling 投
• twist 缠绕
• whirlpool 漩涡
• twiddle 玩弄
• go 去
• twisting 翘曲
• convolution 回旋
• vortex 漩涡
• roll 卷
• revolve 旋转