whirl 音标拼音: [w'ɚl] [hw'ɚl]
n . 回旋,旋转,急走,眩晕,繁忙
vt . 使旋转,使回旋,卷走
vi . 回旋,旋转,急走
回旋,旋转,急走,眩晕,繁忙使旋转,使回旋,卷走回旋,旋转,急走
whirl 旋转
whirl 旋转
whirl n 1 :
confused movement ; "
he was caught up in a whirl of work ";
"
a commotion of people fought for the exits " [
synonym : {
whirl },
{
commotion }]
2 :
the shape of something rotating rapidly [
synonym : {
whirl },
{
swirl }, {
vortex }, {
convolution }]
3 :
a usually brief attempt ; "
he took a crack at it "; "
I gave it a whirl " [
synonym : {
crack }, {
fling }, {
go }, {
pass }, {
whirl },
{
offer }]
4 :
the act of rotating rapidly ; "
he gave the crank a spin "; "
it broke off after much twisting " [
synonym : {
spin }, {
twirl },
{
twist }, {
twisting }, {
whirl }]
v 1 :
turn in a twisting or spinning motion ; "
The leaves swirled in the autumn wind " [
synonym : {
twirl }, {
swirl }, {
twiddle },
{
whirl }]
2 :
cause to spin ; "
spin a coin " [
synonym : {
whirl }, {
birl }, {
spin },
{
twirl }]
3 :
flow in a circular current ,
of liquids [
synonym : {
eddy }, {
purl },
{
whirlpool }, {
swirl }, {
whirl }]
4 :
revolve quickly and repeatedly around one '
s own axis ; "
The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy "
[
synonym : {
spin }, {
spin around }, {
whirl }, {
reel }, {
gyrate }]
5 :
fly around ; "
The clothes tumbled in the dryer "; "
rising smoke whirled in the air " [
synonym : {
whirl }, {
tumble }, {
whirl around }]
Whirl \
Whirl \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Whirled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Whirling }.] [
OE .
whirlen ,
probably from the Scand .;
cf .
Icel . &
Sw .
hvirfla ,
Dan .
hvirvle ;
akin to D .
wervelen ,
G .
wirbeln ,
freq .
of the verb seen in Icel .
hverfa to turn .
[
root ]
16 .
See {
Wharf },
and cf . {
Warble }, {
Whorl }.]
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1 .
To turn round rapidly ;
to cause to rotate with velocity ;
to make to revolve .
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He whirls his sword around without delay . --
Dryden .
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2 .
To remove or carry quickly with ,
or as with ,
a revolving motion ;
to snatch ;
to harry . --
Chaucer .
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See ,
see the chariot ,
and those rushing wheels ,
That whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood .
--
Milton .
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The passionate heart of the poet is whirl '
d into folly . --
Tennyson .
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Whirl \
Whirl \,
v .
i .
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1 .
To be turned round rapidly ;
to move round with velocity ;
to revolve or rotate with great speed ;
to gyrate . "
The whirling year vainly my dizzy eyes pursue ." --
J .
H .
Newman .
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The wooden engine flies and whirls about . --
Dryden .
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2 .
To move hastily or swiftly .
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But whirled away to shun his hateful sight .
--
Dryden .
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Whirl \
Whirl \,
n . [
Cf .
Dan .
hvirvel ,
Sw .
hvirfvel ,
Icel .
hvirfill the crown of the head ,
G .
wirbel whirl ,
crown of the head ,
D .
wervel .
See {
Whirl },
v .
t .]
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1 .
A turning with rapidity or velocity ;
rapid rotation or circumvolution ;
quick gyration ;
rapid or confusing motion ;
as ,
the whirl of a top ;
the whirl of a wheel . "
In no breathless whirl ." --
J .
H .
Newman .
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The rapid . . .
whirl of things here below interrupt not the inviolable rest and calmness of the noble beings above . --
South .
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2 .
Anything that moves with a whirling motion .
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He saw Falmouth under gray ,
iron skies ,
and whirls of March dust . --
Carlyle .
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3 .
A revolving hook used in twisting ,
as the hooked spindle of a rope machine ,
to which the threads to be twisted are attached .
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4 . (
Bot . &
Zool .)
A whorl .
See {
Whorl }.
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216 Moby Thesaurus words for "
whirl ":
Charybdis ,
Maelstrom ,
Sunday drive ,
ado ,
advance ,
agitation ,
airing ,
ascend ,
avert ,
back ,
back stream ,
back up ,
backflow ,
backwash ,
backwater ,
barrel ,
bother ,
botheration ,
brouhaha ,
budge ,
bullet ,
burst ,
bustle ,
centrifugate ,
centrifuge ,
change ,
change place ,
circle ,
circuit ,
circulation ,
circumvolution ,
cirrus ,
clatter ,
climb ,
coil ,
come about ,
commotion ,
contort ,
corkscrew ,
countercurrent ,
counterflow ,
counterflux ,
crack ,
crinkle ,
curl ,
curlicue ,
deflect ,
descend ,
disturbance ,
divert ,
dizzy round ,
drive ,
ebb ,
ebullience ,
ebullition ,
eddy ,
effervescence ,
embroilment ,
evolute ,
feery -
fary ,
ferment ,
fermentation ,
fetch about ,
fidgetiness ,
fit ,
flap ,
fleet ,
flit ,
flow ,
flurry ,
fluster ,
flutter ,
flutteriness ,
fume ,
furore ,
fuss ,
fussiness ,
get over ,
go ,
go about ,
go around ,
go round ,
go sideways ,
gulf ,
gurge ,
gyrate ,
gyration ,
gyre ,
hassle ,
heel ,
helix ,
hubbub ,
hullabaloo ,
hurly -
burly ,
hurry ,
hurry -
scurry ,
intort ,
involute ,
joyride ,
kink ,
lift ,
mad round ,
maelstrom ,
meander ,
merry -
go -
round ,
moil ,
mount ,
move ,
move over ,
pell -
mell ,
perturbation ,
pickup ,
pirouette ,
pivot ,
pivot about ,
plunge ,
pop ,
pother ,
progress ,
purl ,
put about ,
rat race ,
reel ,
refluence ,
reflux ,
regress ,
regurgitation ,
restlessness ,
retrogress ,
ride ,
ringlet ,
rise ,
roll ,
rotate ,
rotation ,
round ,
round of pleasure ,
ruction ,
ruffle ,
run ,
scallop ,
scramble ,
screw ,
scroll ,
serpentine ,
sheer ,
shift ,
shot ,
sink ,
slap ,
slink ,
snake ,
soar ,
spasm ,
speed ,
spin ,
spiral ,
spurt ,
stab ,
stagger ,
stave ,
stew ,
stir ,
storm ,
stream ,
subside ,
surge ,
sweat ,
swim ,
swing ,
swing round ,
swirl ,
swirling ,
swivel ,
tendril ,
the dizzy rounds ,
the rounds ,
to -
do ,
travel ,
try ,
tumult ,
turbulence ,
turmoil ,
turn ,
turn about ,
turn around ,
turn round ,
turn tail ,
twine ,
twirl ,
twist ,
twist and turn ,
unquiet ,
uproar ,
veer ,
veer around ,
volte -
face ,
volute ,
volution ,
vortex ,
wane ,
whack ,
wheel ,
wheel about ,
whip ,
whirligig ,
whirlpool ,
whirlwind ,
whish ,
whisk ,
whiz ,
whorl ,
wind ,
worm ,
wring ,
yeastiness
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