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]