解释
- n. 漩涡;打旋;涡状形
- vi. 盘绕;打旋;眩晕;大口喝酒
- vt. 使成漩涡
※ 提供单词"swirl"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照,中英文词源、例句和用法等。
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。
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.
例句和用法
- 1. He breathes out a swirl of cigarette smoke.
- 他吐出一串烟圈。
- 2. She danced with a swirl of her skirt.
- 她跳起舞来裙子直打旋.
- 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.
- 4. You could lie up there, watching the flakes swirl past.
- 你可以躺在那儿, 看着雪花飘飘.
- 5. Dancers spun in a swirl of skirts.
- 跳舞的人旋转着,裙子也不停地打转.
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