whirring

英 [ˈwɜːrɪŋ]

美 [ˈwɜːrɪŋ]

v.  (机器、昆虫翅膀等)发出呼呼声，嗡嗡作响
whir的现在分词; whirr的现在分词

现在分词：whirring　复数：whirrings　

BNC.34592 / COCA.31207

柯林斯词典

• VERB (机器、昆虫翅膀等)发出呼呼声，嗡嗡作响
  When something such as a machine or an insect's wingwhirrs, it makes a series of low sounds so quickly that they seem like one continuous sound.
  1. The camera whirred and clicked.
     相机发出嗡嗡声和咔嚓声。
  2. ...the whirring sound of the film projector.
     电影放映机的嗡嗡声
  3. Whirris also a noun.
     
  4. He could hear the whirr of a vacuum cleaner...
     他能听到真空吸尘器的嗡嗡声。
  5. Whirr, click, whirr, click — step by step the scan probed deeper.
     嗡嗡，咔嗒，嗡嗡，咔嗒——扫描探查一步步地深入。

英英释义

noun

• sound of something in rapid motion
  1. whir of a bird's wings
  2. the whir of the propellers
  Synonym:whirwhirrbirr

adj

• like the sound of rapidly vibrating wings

双语例句

• The sharp whirring or trilling sound made by some insects and birds, such as the grasshopper and partridge. birds singing, trees falling to the ground.
  颤鸣声，唧唧叫声尖锐的呼声或颤声，由一些昆虫和鸟发出，如蝗虫和鹧鸪鸟鸣声，树倒地声。
• For example, when you are casting your lure while fishing in the legend of zelda: twilight princess, you can hear the whirring of the line as you flick the controller forward.
  以塞尔达新作为例，在钓鱼游戏中，只要玩家将鱼线甩出去，你就可以听到控制器发出“咝咝”的扯线声。
• The production line is a whirring mass of rollers, wheels and pipes, monitored by men at computer panels.
  生产线上，一组组滚轮、机轮和输送管嗡嗡地运转。工人们在电脑面板前监控着生产线的运转。
• Since the publication of The Good Earth, scarce attention has been paid to the detail of a flock of crows whirring and cawing over the head of Wang Long, the protagonist.
  飞旋在主人公王龙头顶上的乌鸦这一细节自《大地》问世以来很少引起人们的关注。
• Lin Heung is a rough-and-ready sort of place, with a worn tiled floor, metal spittoons and ceiling fans whirring away.
  莲香楼是个简陋的茶馆，地上是很旧的地砖，摆着铁制的痰盂，屋顶上是呼呼吹着的吊扇。
• Two white pigeons came in through the kitchen window, and then the turtledoves, and finally all the birds beneath the sky came whirring and swarming in, and lit around the ashes.
  先飞来的是从厨房窗子进来的两只白鸽，跟着飞来的是两只斑鸠，接着天空中所有的小鸟都叽叽喳喳地拍动着翅膀，飞到了灰堆上。
• Large populations of insects, whirring and buzzing through the air.
  大群昆虫在空中飞过，发出嗡嗡的声响。
• A whirring sound was heard in the air, and twelve ravens approached, landing together.
  空中传来了一阵呼啦呼啦的声音，十二只乌鸦飞到这里落了下来。
• There was a whirring of machinery.
  有机器发出的嗡嗡声。
• The forecasts have not changed since January: a reassuring consistency. That suggests that the economic machine is whirring away as it should.
  这些预测自1月以来没有变过，展现一种令人安心的一致性，似乎表明经济机器正在按照应有的节奏运转。