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词汇 swirled
释义 swirled
past simple and past participle ofswirl
swirl
verb
uk /swɜːl/ us /swɝːl/
[ I or T, usually+ adv/prep ]
to move quickly with a twisting, circular movement, or to make something do this: (使)旋转,(使)打转,(使)转圈
The fog swirled thickly around us.我们被浓雾重重包围。
Swirl a little oil around the frying pan.在煎锅边上刷薄薄一圈油。
Synonym
eddy
[ I ]
If ideas or stories about somebody or something swirl, they are often heard but may not be based on fact or may not always say the same thing:
Rumours have swirled for years that he is on the point of retiring.
Much of the controversy that swirls around her ignores the actual content of her work.
Compare
spreadverb
Thick cigar smoke swirled as the men drank whisky.
The overflowing river swirled around them.
Try swirling some cream into scrambled eggs.
Accusations swirled around Washington last week of partisan vendettas and turf wars.
Already, speculation is swirling that the company is a takeover target.
Conflicting reports have swirled around the status of the Secretary of State.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Movement of liquids
backsplash
be dripping with somethingidiom
brim
brim over
brim with something
drool
funnel
leakage
pour
pour-over
reinject
reinjection
respray
ripple
spate
staunch
stem
swash
swill
swirl

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Revolving, rotating and spinning
Gossip and rumour

Examples of swirled


swirled

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


The lid was lifted from time to time and the water swirled.
Most of the medium which contained mucilage was decanted and replaced by cold sterile seawater and swirled vigorously.
Ethanol (95%; 200 l) was added to each well and gently swirled to release the dye from the cells.
Reproach and counter-reproach swirled around some technical refinements of theology.
These are important matters, and the debate has swirled round them.
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Her cutie mark is three swirled mint candies.
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Gas flows through the annular opening and atomizes liquid that is sprayed onto the plunger or swirled in from the top.
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Frozen yogurt is also served in chocolate, vanilla, or swirled together.
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Herring are traditionally harvested with herring rakes, long poles with spikes that are swirled around in the schooling fish.
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A translucent covering of clouds swirled above the tranquil blue, green and brown planet surface below.
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After the 1919 series, and through the beginning of the 1920 baseball season, rumors swirled that some of the players had conspired to purposefully lose.
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Smaller specimens would fall between the woven strips and back into the beds as the basket was gently swirled through the water.
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Rumors of corruption swirled around the project from the outset.
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When wine is swirled in a glass, ethanol evaporates quickly from the thin film of wine on the wall of the glass.
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Another source of controversy swirled about the amount of the donations relative to the size of the user population.
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