twirl
英 [twɜːl]
美 [twɝl]
- vt. 使快速轉動，使快速旋轉；撚弄
- n. 轉動，旋轉；旋轉的東西；萬能鑰匙
- vi. 旋轉，轉動
助記提示
1、twist + whirl.
英文詞源
- twirl (v.)
- 1590s, "move round rapidly" (intransitive), of uncertain origin, possibly connected with Old English þwirl "a stirrer, handle of a churn," and Old Norse þvara "pot-sticker, stirrer." Or on another guess a blend of twist and whirl. Transitive sense, "cause to revolve rapidly," is from 1620s. Related: Twirled; twirling.
- twirl (n.)
- 1590s, "rapid circular motion," from twirl (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. Several hundred people twirl around the ballroom dance floor.
- 幾百人在舞廳的舞池裏旋轉。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. All around me leaves twirl to the ground.
- 在我周圍，樹葉打著轉兒紛紛飄落到地上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She did a quick twirl to show off her dress.
- 她輕快地一轉身,炫耀自己所穿的衣服.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. He made the ice twirl in his glass.
- 他使他杯中的冰塊旋轉.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Remember how I let you twirl my key chain?
- 還記得我是怎麽讓你甩我的鑰匙鏈玩 嗎 ?
來自電影對白