swirl

英 [sw??l] 美[sw?l]
  • n. 漩渦;打旋;渦狀形
  • vi. 盤繞;打旋;眩暈;大口喝酒
  • vt. 使成漩渦

低頻詞CET6+TEM8IELTSGRE擴(kuò)展詞匯

詞態(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?swirls;第三人稱單數(shù):?swirls;過(guò)去式:?swirled;過(guò)去分詞:?swirled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?swirling;

助記提示


1. whirl => swirl.
2. swirl 很可能與whirl 同源,或者就是源于 whirl, s- (intensive s-) + whirl => swirl.
3. 諧音“是渦兒哦”----漩渦、渦旋哦。

中文詞源


swirl 打旋,打轉(zhuǎn),起漩渦

可能來(lái)自輔音叢 sw-,彎,轉(zhuǎn),搖擺,搖晃,比較 swing,sway,sweep,swipe.引申諸相關(guān)詞義。

英文詞源


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.

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. He breathes out a swirl of cigarette smoke.
他吐出一串煙圈。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. She danced with a swirl of her skirt.
她跳起舞來(lái)裙子直打旋.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. The car raced roughly along in a swirl of pink dust.
汽車在一股粉紅色塵土的漩渦中顛簸著快速前進(jìn).

來(lái)自辭典例句

4. You could lie up there, watching the flakes swirl past.
你可以躺在那兒, 看著雪花飄飄.

來(lái)自辭典例句

5. Dancers spun in a swirl of skirts.
跳舞的人旋轉(zhuǎn)著,裙子也不停地打轉(zhuǎn).

來(lái)自辭典例句