whirl

例句：

1. The houses whirled past us as the train gathered speed.
   火車越開越快，周圍的房子在我們旁邊一閃而過。
2. I couldn't sleep: my mind was still whirling from all I had seen and heard.
   我睡不著覺，所見所聞仍在頭腦中轉來轉去。
3. The job doesn't sound very exciting but I'll give it a whirl.
   這個工作聽起來沒什麽意思，可是我還是要去試一試。
4. The wind whirled the dead leaves about.
   風吹得枯葉在四處迴旋。
5. He can't adjust himself to the whirl of modern life in this big city.
   他無法適應這個大都市的現代生活的忙碌。
6. His head whirled.
   他頭昏了。

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詞型變化：

名詞:whirler 動詞過去式:whirled 過去分詞:whirled 現在分詞:whirling 第三人稱單數:whirls 　

詞意辨析：

rotate, revolve, roll, spin, turn, whirl, circle

這些動詞均有“轉動、鏇轉”之意。
rotate: 側重指物體圍繞自己的軸或中心鏇轉，即自轉。
revolve: 強調指物體圍繞本身以外的中心鏇轉，即公轉。
roll: 指某物在平面上滾動或翻滾。
spin: 指沿內軸迅速而連續鏇轉，或沿外部一個點作快速圓周運轉。
turn: 普通用詞，中性，含義廣泛，根據搭配，可指作一個圓周運動或連續地作圓周運動，也可指僅是沿圓的弧形轉動。
whirl: 指鏇轉或作圓周運動，側重急速或力量。
circle: 指作圓周運動。　

英文解釋：

名詞 whirl:

1. confused movement
   同義詞：commotion
2. the shape of something rotating rapidly
   同義詞：swirl, vortex, convolution
3. a usually brief attempt
   同義詞：crack, fling, go, pass, offer
4. the act of rotating rapidly
   同義詞：spin, twirl, twist, twisting

動詞 whirl:

1. turn in a twisting or spinning motion
   同義詞：twirl, swirl, twiddle
2. cause to spin
   同義詞：birl, spin, twirl
3. flow in a circular current, of liquids
   同義詞：eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl
4. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
   同義詞：spin, spin around, reel, gyrate
5. fly around
   同義詞：tumble, whirl around