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词汇 whirligig
释义 whirligig
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈwɜː.li.ɡɪɡ/ us /ˈwɝː.li.ɡɪɡ/
a toy that spins旋转式玩具;旋转木马;陀螺
 
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something that is full of fast activity and always changing: 快速运动的事物;不断变化的事物
The play has the whirlilgig activity of a farce.这出剧有一系列不断转换的滑稽可笑的场景。
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Soft Stuff
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Excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm

Examples of whirligig


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They may be putting themselves on a whirligig of their own contrivance which will be painful in years to come.
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The whirligig of time will bring its revenge.
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We need to persuade them that the current chaotic whirligig of chaotic expedients is not enough.
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The whirligig of time has brought about a different state of affairs.
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One never knows, in the whirligig of political affairs, how these things are going to change.
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In the whirligig of time we never know where our friendships and where our enmities may be.
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How the whirligig of time brings changes!
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The whirligig of time brings its vengeance.
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The whirligig of time brings strange events.
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If the bakers get a rise and recoup themselves out of price increases instantly off-set by subsidies, we shall be moving from a spiral to a whirligig.
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Now the whirligig has gone round to such an extent that you put on a tax which is far heavier that the amount of the rates you remitted.
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Members of this suborder are adephagans, a term which notably include ground beetles, tiger beetles, predacious diving beetles, and whirligig beetles.
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Female transgressors of the correct codes were forced to endure the whirligig.
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The simplest and most common example of a wind-driven whirligig is the pinwheel.
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The motion needed to power a friction whirligig is very similar to rubbing sticks together to create fire.
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