twirling ['twә:liŋ]
转动, 旋转
转动物
Twirl \Twirl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twirled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Twirling}.] [Cf. AS. [thorn]wiril a churn staff, a stirrer,
flail, [thorn]weran, [=a][thorn]weran, to agitate, twirl, G.
zwirlen, quirlen, to twirl, to turn round or about, quirl a
twirling stick, OHG. dweran to twirl, stir. Cf. {Trowel}.]
To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and
turn rapidly with the fingers.
See ruddy maids,
Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.
--Dodsley.
No more beneath soft eve's consenting star
Fandango twirls his jocund castanet. --Byron.
- Along the way, he passed six children, members' kids, here for the history of it all, one of them trying out his sunglasses against the bright lights and another twirling a sailor's cap.
- The economic case seldom comes into it. I don't want to waste time attacking the visual aspects of wind farms because I accept that some people see beauty in clusters of 100-foot white propellers twirling in the wind.
- But on this evening, his attention was drawn to the tall, slender girl with wavy, reddish-brown hair, twirling around the dance floor in a green-and-red holiday dress with one of his tennis buddies.
- In another immortal segment, he's stranded without food in a freezing cabin and boils his own boot, consuming the dinner with considerable relish, even twirling the laces like spaghetti.
- The girls are twirling and preening, checking out each other's velvet and lace.
- Three characters dressed in rags and torn revolutionary uniforms come on stage twirling, imitating the turntable that spins incessantly in the show.
- The makers of the Hula-Hoop, 30 years old this year, are reviving the yearly contest for a world champion in twirling the plastic rings.