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

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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。

词态变化


复数: swirls;第三人称单数: swirls;过去式: swirled;过去分词: swirled;现在分词: swirling;

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。

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

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.