Twirl
[twɜːl] or [twɝl]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) turn in a twisting or spinning motion; 'The leaves swirled in the autumn wind'.
欧内斯廷編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
安吉拉校對
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Whirl, revolve, turn rapidly, turn round.
n. Whirling, circular motion.
整理:贾丝廷
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Revolve, whirl, turn_round,[See LASH]
錄入:沃尔特
解釋/意思:
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.
校對:莱斯利
例句/造句/用法:
- Then does she twirl and twine, a pastoral nymph of good family, through the mazes of the dance. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- They twirl them out in the field and larks see them and come out and the Italians shoot them. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,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·薩克雷. 名利場.
- But Amy whispered, with full eyes, as she twirled the faded stool, Not tonight, dear. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Then, as the little sledge twirled riskily to rest at the bottom of the slope, 'Wait! 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- 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. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- 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. 神奇的知識之書.
- 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·薩克雷. 名利場.
- 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·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I had better see my nephew at once,' said the old lady, twirling her reticule indignantly, and rising as she spoke. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The flute is quite enough; and she began twirling her tall Cossack round the room. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- So there Casby sat, twirling and twirling, and making his polished head and forehead look largely benevolent in every knob. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
手打:路易