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

• He and Alberto Alesina, a fellow academic, worry that Italy risks "twirling into a spiral of taxes, recession, deficit and yet higher taxes".
  他和另一位学者阿尔贝托阿莱西纳担心意大利有陷入“征税、衰退、赤字然后再更多地征税的恶性循环”的危险。
• 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。
• 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。
• Using a one-inch curling iron, curl your entire head of hair, twirling the iron just halfway up the hair shaft.
  用一英寸粗细的卷发棒卷你的全部头发，在发干的中间处旋转卷发棒。
• They were twirling a brace drill.
  他们当时正在转动曲柄钻。
• Start with a full foot of floss, twirling the ends around the middle finger on each hand.
  开始用一段牙线，将线的两段缠在左右手中指上。
• I watched the dancers twirling.
  我注视着跳舞的人旋转。
• I always have the dream to dance like a beautiful ballerina twirling around and around and hearing people applaud for me.
  我时常梦想着能像最优美的芭蕾舞演员般在观众热烈真诚的掌声中翩然而舞。
• 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。
• A magnetic field exerts forces on such charged particles, too, sending them twirling around magnetic field lines.
  磁场也会对这些带电粒子施力，使它们沿著磁力线快速旋转。