twirl
英 [tw??l]
美[tw?l]
- vt. 使快速轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)，使快速旋轉(zhuǎn)；捻弄
- n. 轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)，旋轉(zhuǎn)；旋轉(zhuǎn)的東西；萬(wàn)能鑰匙
- vi. 旋轉(zhuǎn)，轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)
TEM8低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?twirls;過(guò)去式:?twirled;過(guò)去分詞:?twirled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?twirling;
助記提示
1、twist + whirl.
英文詞源
- twirl (v.)
- 1590s, "move round rapidly" (intransitive), of uncertain origin, possibly connected with Old English twirl "a stirrer, handle of a churn," and Old Norse tvara "pot-sticker, stirrer." Or on another guess a blend of twist and whirl. Transitive sense, "cause to revolve rapidly," is from 1620s. Related: Twirled; twirling.
- twirl (n.)
- 1590s, "rapid circular motion," from twirl (v.).