Twirl
[twɜːl] or [twɝl]
解释:
(verb.) turn in a twisting or spinning motion; 'The leaves swirled in the autumn wind'.
欧内斯廷编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.
(v. i.) To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.
(n.) The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.
(n.) A twist; a convolution.
安吉拉校对
同义词及近义词：
v. a. Whirl, revolve, turn rapidly, turn round.
n. Whirling, circular motion.
整理:贾丝廷
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Revolve, whirl, turn_round,[See LASH]
录入:沃尔特
解释:
v.t. to turn round rapidly esp. with the fingers.—v.i. to turn round rapidly: to be whirled round.—n. a whirl: a rapid circular motion.—n. Twirl′er.—Twirl one's thumbs to do nothing be idle.
校对:莱斯利
例句:
- Then does she twirl and twine, a pastoral nymph of good family, through the mazes of the dance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- They twirl them out in the field and larks see them and come out and the Italians shoot them. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- Hang it, she's the nicest little woman in England, George replied, showing his white teeth, and giving his ambrosial whiskers a twirl. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- But Amy whispered, with full eyes, as she twirled the faded stool, Not tonight, dear. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Then, as the little sledge twirled riskily to rest at the bottom of the slope, 'Wait! 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Crispin twirled his cigarette in his fingers, looked thoughtfully at the red tip as if consulting it as an oracle, and then made slow reply. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Long ages ago man had learned to make fire by patiently rubbing two sticks together, or by twirling a round one between his hands with its point resting upon a flat piece of wood. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Poor wretch, she said, twirling round the little bit of paper in her fingers, how I could crush her with this! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- The Major was twirling them round by the little chain from which they sometimes hung to their lady's waist, and was thereby endangering his own eye. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- I had better see my nephew at once,' said the old lady, twirling her reticule indignantly, and rising as she spoke. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- The flute is quite enough; and she began twirling her tall Cossack round the room. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- So there Casby sat, twirling and twirling, and making his polished head and forehead look largely benevolent in every knob. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
手打:路易