swirl
英 [swɜːl]
美 [swɝl]
- n. 漩涡；打旋；涡状形
- vi. 盘绕；打旋；眩晕；大口喝酒
- vt. 使成漩涡
CET6+ TEM8 IELTS GRE
1. whirl => swirl.
2. swirl 很可能与whirl 同源，或者就是源于 whirl, s- (intensive s-) + whirl => swirl.
3. 谐音“是涡儿哦”----漩涡、涡旋哦。
swirl 打旋，打转，起漩涡可能来自辅音丛 sw-,弯，转，摇摆，摇晃，比较 swing,sway,sweep,swipe.引申诸相关词义。
- swirl (v.)
- 1510s (transitive), with an isolated instance from 14c.; from swirl (n.). Intransitive sense "form in eddies, whirl in eddies" is from 1755. Related: Swirled; swirling.
- swirl (n.)
- early 15c., "whirlpool, eddy," originally Scottish, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to dialectal Norwegian svirla or Dutch zwirrelen "to whirl." The meaning "whirling movement" is from 1818.
- 1. He breathes out a swirl of cigarette smoke.
- 他吐出一串烟圈。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She danced with a swirl of her skirt.
- 她跳起舞来裙子直打旋.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. The car raced roughly along in a swirl of pink dust.
- 汽车在一股粉红色尘土的漩涡中颠簸着快速前进.
来自辞典例句
- 4. You could lie up there, watching the flakes swirl past.
- 你可以躺在那儿, 看着雪花飘飘.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Dancers spun in a swirl of skirts.
- 跳舞的人旋转着,裙子也不停地打转.
来自辞典例句
