词汇 | birl |
释义 | birl verb[ I or T ] Scottish Englishuk /bɜːl/ us /bɝːl/ to turn or spin; to make someone do this: (使)快速转动 The great historian must be birling in his grave (= would be very angry or upset) at this news.这位伟大的历史学家要是听到这个消息,一定会气得在坟墓里翻过身来。 the whirl of the kilt as men birl their ladies 男士带着女伴旋转起舞时飞旋的苏格兰百褶裙 Revolving, rotating and spinning around around and aroundidiom backspin centrifugal eddy reel rotary rotate rotation rotational rotative spin spiral swim swing swizzle twirl twirling twirly underspin Examples of birlbirl Suddenly with one accord they commenced to birl the log from left to right. From Project Gutenberg Scottish children put a small pea into the cavity before replacing it into the tube of bark to make it "birl" when blown--this is a great improvement. From Project Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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