whirling 音标拼音: [w'ɚlɪŋ] [hw'ɚlɪŋ]
adj . 扑朔迷离
扑朔迷离
whirling n 1 :
the act of rotating in a circle or spiral [
synonym : {
gyration },
{
whirling }]
Whirl \
Whirl \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Whirled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Whirling }.] [
OE .
whirlen ,
probably from the Scand .;
cf .
Icel . &
Sw .
hvirfla ,
Dan .
hvirvle ;
akin to D .
wervelen ,
G .
wirbeln ,
freq .
of the verb seen in Icel .
hverfa to turn .
[
root ]
16 .
See {
Wharf },
and cf . {
Warble }, {
Whorl }.]
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1 .
To turn round rapidly ;
to cause to rotate with velocity ;
to make to revolve .
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He whirls his sword around without delay . --
Dryden .
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2 .
To remove or carry quickly with ,
or as with ,
a revolving motion ;
to snatch ;
to harry . --
Chaucer .
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See ,
see the chariot ,
and those rushing wheels ,
That whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood .
--
Milton .
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The passionate heart of the poet is whirl '
d into folly . --
Tennyson .
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Whirling \
Whirl "
ing \,
a . &
n .
from {
Whirl },
v .
t .
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{
Whirling table }.
(
a ) (
Physics )
An apparatus provided with one or more revolving disks ,
with weights ,
pulleys ,
and other attachments ,
for illustrating the phenomena and laws of centrifugal force ,
and the like .
(
b )
A potter '
s wheel .
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35 Moby Thesaurus words for "
whirling ":
angular momentum ,
angular motion ,
angular velocity ,
axial motion ,
bowling ,
centrifugation ,
circulation ,
circumgyration ,
circumrotation ,
full circle ,
gyrating ,
gyration ,
pivoting ,
reeling ,
revolution ,
revolving ,
roll ,
rolling ,
rotating ,
rotation ,
rotational motion ,
spin ,
spinning ,
swinging ,
swirling ,
swiveling ,
trolling ,
trundling ,
turbination ,
turning ,
twirling ,
volutation ,
volution ,
wheeling ,
whir
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