whirl  /w'ɚl/  /hw'ɚl/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  whirl
  迴旋,旋轉,急走,眩暈,繁忙(vt.)使旋轉,使迴旋,卷走(vi.)迴旋,旋轉,急走

資料來源(2): Taiwan MOE computer dictionary [moecomp]

  whirl
  旋轉

資料來源(3): Network Terminology [netterm]

  whirl
  旋轉

資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Whirl \Whirl\, n. [Cf. Dan. hvirvel, Sw. hvirfvel, Icel.
     hvirfill the crown of the head, G. wirbel whirl, crown of the
     head, D. wervel. See {Whirl}, v. t.]
     1. A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or
        circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion;
        as, the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel. ``In no
        breathless whirl.'' --J. H. Newman.
  
              The rapid . . . whirl of things here below interrupt
              not the inviolable rest and calmness of the noble
              beings above.                         --South.
  
     2. Anything that moves with a whirling motion.
  
              He saw Falmouth under gray, iron skies, and whirls
              of March dust.                        --Carlyle.
  
     3. A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle
        of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are
        attached.
  
     4. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) A whorl. See {Whorl}.

資料來源(5): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  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}.]
     1. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity;
        to make to revolve.
  
              He whirls his sword around without delay. --Dryden.
  
     2. To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving
        motion; to snatch; to harry. --Chaucer.
  
              See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels, That
              whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood. --Milton.
  
              The passionate heart of the poet is whirl'd into
              folly.                                --Tennyson.

資料來源(6): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Whirl \Whirl\, v. i.
     1. To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity;
        to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate. ``The
        whirling year vainly my dizzy eyes pursue.'' --J. H.
        Newman.
  
              The wooden engine flies and whirls about. --Dryden.
  
     2. To move hastily or swiftly.
  
              But whirled away to shun his hateful sight.
                                                    --Dryden.

資料來源(7): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  whirl
       n 1: confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a
            commotion of people fought for the exits" [syn: {commotion}]
       2: the shape of something rotating rapidly [syn: {swirl}, {vortex},
           {convolution}]
       3: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it
          a whirl" [syn: {crack}, {fling}, {go}, {pass}, {offer}]
       4: the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it
          broke off after much twisting" [syn: {spin}, {twirl}, {twist},
           {twisting}]
       v 1: turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled
            in the autumn wind" [syn: {twirl}, {swirl}, {twiddle}]
       2: cause to spin; "spin a coin" [syn: {birl}, {spin}, {twirl}]
       3: flow in a circular current, of liquids [syn: {eddy}, {purl},
           {whirlpool}, {swirl}]
       4: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The
          dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
          [syn: {spin}, {spin around}, {reel}, {gyrate}]
       5: fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer";  "rising
          smoke whirled in the air" [syn: {tumble}, {whirl around}]