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twirl 音标拼音: [tw'ɚl] vt. (使)快速转动,捻弄
n. 转动,万能钥匙,旋转的东西 (使)快速转动,捻弄转动,万能钥匙,旋转的东西 twirl n 1: a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight [ synonym: { kink}, { twist}, { twirl}] 2: the act of rotating rapidly; " he gave the crank a spin"; " it broke off after much twisting" [ synonym: { spin}, { twirl}, { twist}, { twisting}, { whirl}] v 1: turn in a twisting or spinning motion; " The leaves swirled in the autumn wind" [ synonym: { twirl}, { swirl}, { twiddle}, { whirl}] 2: cause to spin; " spin a coin" [ synonym: { whirl}, { birl}, { spin}, { twirl}] Twirl \ Twirl\, v. i. To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly. [ 1913 Webster]
Twirl \ Twirl\, n. 1. The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A twist; a convolution. -- Woodward. [ 1913 Webster]
Twirl \ Twirl\ ( tw[~ e] rl), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Twirled} ( tw[~ e] rld); p. pr. & vb. n. { Twirling}.] [ Cf. AS. [ thorn] wiril a churn staff, a stirrer, flail, [ thorn] weran, [= a][ thorn] weran, to agitate, twirl, G. zwirlen, quirlen, querlen to twirl, to turn round or about, quirl a twirling stick, OHG. dweran to twirl, stir. Cf. { Trowel}.] To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers. [ 1913 Webster] See ruddy maids, Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel. -- Dodsley. [ 1913 Webster] No more beneath soft eve' s consenting star Fandango twirls his jocund castanet. -- Byron. [ 1913 Webster] 77 Moby Thesaurus words for " twirl": Charybdis, Maelstrom, back stream, backflow, backwash, backwater, centrifugate, centrifuge, cirrus, coil, contort, convolution, corkscrew, countercurrent, counterflow, counterflux, crinkle, curl, curlicue, dizzy round, eddy, evolute, gulf, gurge, gyrate, gyre, helix, intort, involute, kink, maelstrom, meander, pirouette, purl, rat race, reel, refluence, reflux, regurgitation, revolution, revolve, ringlet, roll, rotate, round, scallop, screw, scroll, serpentine, slink, snake, spin, spinning, spiral, surge, swirl, tendril, turn, turning, twine, twirling, twist, twist and turn, volute, volution, vortex, wheel, whirl, whirligig, whirling, whirlpool, whirlwind, whorl, wind, winding, worm, wring
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