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whirligig n. 旋转玩具,旋转木马,旋转运动,循环,轮回,变迁 旋转玩具,旋转木马,旋转运动,循环,轮回,变迁 whirligig n 1: a conical child' s plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin; " he got a bright red top and string for his birthday" [ synonym: { top}, { whirligig}, { teetotum}, { spinning top}] 2: a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement [ synonym: { carousel}, { carrousel}, { merry- go- round}, { roundabout}, { whirligig}] v 1: whirl or spin like a whirligigWhirligig \ Whirl" i* gig\, n. [ Whirl gig.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. A child' s toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an axis, or like a top. -- Johnson. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Anything which whirls around, or in which persons or things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden horses. [ 1913 Webster] With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning about each head. -- G. W. Cable. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A mediaeval instrument for punishing petty offenders, being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which the offender was whirled round with great velocity. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Zool.) Any one of numerous species of beetles belonging to { Gyrinus} and allied genera. The body is firm, oval or boatlike in form, and usually dark colored with a bronzelike luster. These beetles live mostly on the surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to dive and swim rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also { weaver}, { whirlwig}, and { whirlwig beetle}. [ 1913 Webster] 42 Moby Thesaurus words for " whirligig": April showers, Ferris wheel, Proteus, carousel, chameleon, chute- the- chutes, chutes, cloud shapes, disk, flying horses, gyrate, gyre, kaleidoscope, mercury, merry- go- round, moon, pirouette, purl, quicksilver, roller, roller coaster, rolling stone, rotator, rotor, roundabout, rundle, seesaw, shifting sands, swing, teeter- totter, the weather, top, twirl, water, weather vane, weathercock, wheel, wheel of fortune, whip, whirl, whirlabout, whirler
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