twirling

英 [ˈtwɜːlɪŋ]

美 [ˈtwɜːrlɪŋ]

v.  (使)旋转，转动; 使轻快地转动; 使旋转; (用手指)缠绕，盘绕，卷曲
twirl的现在分词

现在分词：twirling　

COCA.36447

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)快速转动；（使）轻快地旋转
  If youtwirlsomething or if ittwirls, it turns around and around with a smooth, fairly fast movement.
  1. Bonnie twirled her empty glass in her fingers...
     邦妮用手指旋转着她的空杯子。
  2. All around me leaves twirl to the ground.
     在我周围，树叶打着转儿纷纷飘落到地上。
• VERB (跳舞等时)旋转，转动
  If youtwirl, you turn around and around quickly, for example when you are dancing.
  1. Several hundred people twirl around the ballroom dance floor.
     几百人在舞厅的舞池里旋转。
• VERB （用手指）缠绕，盘绕，卷曲
  If youtwirlsomething such as your hair, you twist it around your finger.
  1. Sarah lifted her hand and started twirling a strand of hair.
     萨拉抬起手来开始用手指缠绕一缕头发。

双语例句

• I watched the dancers twirling ( across the floor).
  我注视着跳舞的人（在舞池中）旋转。
• They were twirling a brace drill.
  他们当时正在转动曲柄钻。
• As soon as I walked in the restaurant, I saw him sitting by himself at a table, twirling an unlit cigarette through his fingers like a miniature baton.
  一走进餐厅，我就看到他一个人坐在桌边，手里转动着一只没有点燃的香烟，好像在把玩一只小型警棍。
• Cilia on the outer surface of the embryo's underside, an area called the ventral node in mammals, exhibit a characteristic twirling movement that wafts chemical messengers over to the left side.
  绒毛位于胚胎的外侧面，在哺乳动物称为腹节，表现出典型的环行运动，将化学物质引导到机体的左侧面。
• Ride the Ferris wheel, roller coaster, or whatever twirling, upside down ride strikes your fancy, ( preferably, before you eat your cotton candy.)
  坐上摩天轮，玩一遍过山车，或是坐上那些让你到处旋转上下颠倒、还弄得你头昏脑胀的游园项目（建议在游玩这些项目前最好别吃棉花糖）。
• He walked along briskly, twirling his cane in the air.
  他一边轻快地走着，一边用手杖在空中旋转。
• Power comes from an old motorcycle engine twirling wood blades.
  动力来自一台旧摩托车的引擎所带动的木头桨叶。
• Acupuncture therapy involves jabbing specially made metal needles of different length into the patient's body at certain acupuncture points, treating the patient by twirling or lifting the needles.
  针灸术包括中国两种古老的治病方法：针法和灸法。针法是用特制的不同长度的金属针，按一定穴位，刺入病人体内，用捻、提等手法治疗疾病。
• Alexandra Michel, a former Goldman Sachs banker turned academic, found that after three years at a bank, many junior bankers developed physical tics such as nail biting, hair twirling and insomnia.
  米歇尔发现，在银行工作三年以后，很多初级银行家养成了某些习惯性的肢体动作，例如咬指甲、用手指绕头发，此外还有失眠。
• Baby, you look so good because you're twirling around me.
  宝贝，你看上去漂亮是因为你在围着我转。