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
swirl 助记提示
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 中文词源
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 英文词源
- 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.
swirl 双语例句
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