whirl

verb

1. （使）旋转，回旋，打转
   to move, or make sb/sth move, around quickly in a circle or in a particular direction
   1. Leaves whirled in the wind.
      落叶在风中旋转。
   2. She whirled around to face him.
      她猛地转过身子面对着他。
   3. the whirling blades of the helicopter
      直升机旋转着的桨叶
   4. Tom whirled her across the dance floor.
      汤姆拥着她从舞池的一边旋转到另一边。
2. （头脑、思想等）混乱不清，激动，恍惚
   if your mind, thoughts, etc. whirl , you feel confused and excited and cannot think clearly
   1. I couldn't sleep─my mind was whirling from all that had happened.
      我睡不着，所发生的一切一直在脑子里转来转去。
   2. So many thoughts whirled around in her mind.
      她思绪万千，脑子里乱作一团。

noun

1. 旋转；回旋；急转
   a movement of sth spinning round and round
   1. a whirl of dust
      尘土飞扬
   2. Her mind was in a whirl (= in a state of confusion or excitement) .
      她脑子里乱糟糟的。
2. 接连不断的活动；纷至沓来的事件
   a number of activities or events happening one after the other
   1. Her life was one long whirl of parties.
      她的生活就是接连不断的聚会。
   2. It's easy to get caught up in the social whirl .
      很容易被纷繁的社交活动缠得脱不开身。

1. V-ERG (使)回旋;(使)旋转
   If something or someone whirls around or if you whirl them around, they move around or turn around very quickly.
   1. Not receiving an answer, she whirled round...
      没有得到答案，她飞快地转过身去。
   2. He was whirling Anne around the floor...
      他正拉着安妮在舞池内转圈儿。
   3. The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column.
      浓烟开始盘旋上升，形成了一个巨大的烟柱。
   4. Whirl is also a noun.
      
   5. ...the barely audible whirl of wheels.
      几乎听不见轮子的转动声
2. N-COUNT 一连串;接连不断的活动
   You can refer to a lot of intense activity as a whirl of activity.
   1. In half an hour's whirl of activity she does it all...
      经过半个小时的忙碌，她全都做完了。
   2. Your life is such a social whirl.
      你总是在不停地参加社交活动。
3. PHRASE 混乱;躁动
   If a person or their mind is in a whirl, they are very confused or excited.
   1. My thoughts are in a whirl.
      我的脑子里一团乱。
4. PHRASE 试一试;尝试一下
   If you decide to give an activity a whirl, you do it even though it is something that you have never tried before.
   1. Why not give acupuncture a whirl?...
      为什么不试试针灸？
   2. We decided to give it a whirl.
      我们决定尝试一下。

1. In the heart of the Anatolian steppe, dervishes still whirl on festive occasions in mystic union with God
   在安纳托利亚大草原的深处，与真主神秘会合的庆祝场合，仍然会有托钵僧旋转起舞的身影。
2. What the heck, I thought, I'll give it a whirl.
   管它呢，我想，我就试试吧。
3. Not receiving an answer, she whirled round
   没有得到答案，她飞快地转过身去。
4. He was whirling Anne around the floor
   他正拉着安妮在舞池内转圈儿。
5. The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column.
   浓烟开始盘旋上升，形成了一个巨大的烟柱。
6. In half an hour's whirl of activity she does it all
   经过半个小时的忙碌，她全都做完了。
7. Your life is such a social whirl.
   你总是在不停地参加社交活动。
8. My thoughts are in a whirl.
   我的脑子里一团乱。
9. Why not give acupuncture a whirl?
   为什么不试试针灸？
10. We decided to give it a whirl.
    我们决定尝试一下。
11. To free electrons, something has to make them whirl fast enough to break away from their nuclei.
    为了释放电子，必须使电子高速旋转而足以摆脱原子核的束缚。
12. There was a whirl of dust on the road.
    马路上尘土飞扬。
13. I don't feel like eating& my mind's in a whirl.
    我心里乱七八糟的，这会儿不想吃。
14. To be tossed and lost and broken in the whirl of this fearful joy?
    不能使你回旋激荡，消失碎裂在这可怖的快乐旋转之中吗？
15. Someone said he is right, Someone sent the whirl darts.
    有的人说他的想法是正确的，有的人送了个回旋镖给他。
16. The tumultuous movements of these minds at liberty and at work set his ideas in a whirl.
    所有这些自由自在和从事工作的青年人的喧嚣往来急遽搅乱了他的思想。
17. The water distribution sprayer adopts counter spray whirl tangent type ABS material.
    布水喷头采用对喷旋转切线式ABS材质。
18. The effect of the eccentricity and gravity of rotor on the oil whirl and oil whip is analyzed.
    对转子的重力和不平衡量对系统的油膜涡动和油膜振荡的影响进行了计算和分析。
19. Based on two experiments on floating ring bearing with different floating ring thickness, the effect of variation of thickness of floating ring on whirl and stability was studied.
    通过对浮环减薄前后实验结果的对比分析，研究了浮环厚度变化对浮环轴承涡动及稳定性的影响，并给出了三维谱图、涡动比与转速图、典型分岔图。
20. My mind is in a whirl with all this noise, I cannot think clearly.
    这么吵闹搞得我头脑里一片混乱，思维不清晰。
21. Whirl it and divide to north and to south.
    快速旋转并划分隔为到北和到南。
22. What about this new agency then shall we give them a whirl?
    那么这家新代理公司怎么样&我们要试一下吗？
23. The paper introduced a design method that the plane curve design of out distance long control with whirl line.
    本文提出了由外距长控制设计的带回旋线的平曲线设计方法，包括公式的推导、用步骤和实例。
24. A switch is flipped and the frames begin to whirl at300 revolutions per minute;
    一个转换器翻转，装置开始旋转每分钟300圈。
25. The dancer suddenly made a whirl.
    舞蹈演员突然做了一个急转动作。
26. Numerical Computation and Characteristic Analysis of Fire Whirl under Different Wind Speed
    基于不同风速下火旋风的数值计算及特性分析
27. During all this whirl of disaster he had never once lost his head or his courage.
    在这整个灾祸的漩涡里，他没有一次丧失过他的头脑，或者他的勇气。
28. The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy. Shaman and Chieftain now found in Nomad encounters.
    苦修僧人反复旋转而不感到头晕。在大地图也可以遇到僧人和酋长了？
29. My head's in a whirl; I must sit down and think.
    我的脑子里乱糟糟的，我得坐下来想想。
30. Radiation error correction methods for thermocouple measurement in fire whirl experiment
    火旋风模拟实验中热电偶测温辐射误差修正方法研究

  rotate circle revolve spin whirl【导航词义：转动、旋转】

  rotate v. 旋转，转动

〔辨析〕指物体围绕自己的轴或中心旋转，在特定语境中指自转。

  circle v. 盘旋，转圈

〔辨析〕尤指在空中盘旋。

  revolve v. 旋转

〔辨析〕指物体像轮子一样转动，在特定语境中指公转。

  spin v. 快速旋转

〔辨析〕强调迅速、连续地旋转，多指绕轴心转动。

  whirl v. 急转，迅速旋转

〔辨析〕强调速度快，含飞旋之意。

n.

give sth a whirl

• 试一试
  to try sth to see if you like it or can do it

noun

1. the act of rotating rapidly
   1. he gave the crank a spin
   2. it broke off after much twisting

   Synonym:    spintwirltwisttwisting

2. a usually brief attempt
   1. he took a crack at it
   2. I gave it a whirl

   Synonym:    crackflinggopassoffer

3. confused movement
   1. he was caught up in a whirl of work
   2. a commotion of people fought for the exits

   Synonym:    commotion

4. the shape of something rotating rapidly

   Synonym:    swirlvortexconvolution

verb

1. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
   1. The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy

   Synonym:    spinspin aroundreelgyrate

2. flow in a circular current, of liquids

   Synonym:    eddypurlwhirlpoolswirl

3. fly around
   1. The clothes tumbled in the dryer
   2. rising smoke whirled in the air

   Synonym:    tumblewhirl around

4. cause to spin
   1. spin a coin

   Synonym:    birlspintwirl

5. turn in a twisting or spinning motion
   1. The leaves swirled in the autumn wind

   Synonym:    twirlswirltwiddle