Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense whirls, present participle whirling, past tense, past participle whirled
1V-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. (使)回旋;(使)旋转 [Also VERB n]
Not receiving an answer, she whirled round. [VERB adv./prep.]
没有得到答案,她飞快地转过身去。
He was whirling Anne around the floor. [VERB noun adv./prep.]
他正拉着安妮在舞池内转圈儿。
The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column. [VERB]
2N-COUNT [usually singular]一连串;接连不断的活动 You can refer to a lot of intense activity as a whirl of activity. 一连串;接连不断的活动
In half an hour's whirl of activity she does it all. [+ of]
经过半个小时的忙碌,她全都做完了。
Your life is such a social whirl.
你总是在不停地参加社交活动。
3PHRASE [verb-link PHRASE]混乱;躁动 If a person or their mind is in a whirl, they are very confused or excited. 混乱;躁动 [literary]
My thoughts are in a whirl.
我的脑子里一团乱。
4PHRASE 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. 试一试;尝试一下 [informal]
ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤dizzying, giddy, mad (especially BrE) 令人目眩的旋轉;瘋狂的旋轉◇The next few days were a mad whirl of parties.接下來的幾天是一連串狂熱的聚會。➤social忙碌的社交活動◇It's easy to get caught up in the social whirl.很容易陷入忙碌的社交活動中難以脫身。➤endless接連不斷的活動◇an endless whirl of parties一個接一個無休止的聚會PREPOSITION➤in a whirl混亂◇His mind was in a whirl as he searched frantically for a solution.他瘋狂地尋找着解決辦法,腦子裏一片混亂。