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swirl

verb
🔊/swɜːl/
🔊/swɜːrl/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they swirl
🔊/swɜːl/
🔊/swɜːrl/
he / she / it swirls
🔊/swɜːlz/
🔊/swɜːrlz/
past simple swirled
🔊/swɜːld/
🔊/swɜːrld/
past participle swirled
🔊/swɜːld/
🔊/swɜːrld/
-ing form swirling
🔊/ˈswɜːlɪŋ/
🔊/ˈswɜːrlɪŋ/
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  1. to move around quickly in a circle; to make something do this（使）打旋，旋动，起漩涡
    • (+ adv./prep.) The water swirled down the drain.水打着漩流进了下水道。🔊🔊
    • A long skirt swirled around her ankles.她的长裙在脚踝旁边摆动。🔊🔊
    • swirling mists缭绕的薄雾
    • swirl something (+ adv./prep.) He took a mouthful of water and swirled it around his mouth.他含了一口水，漱了漱口。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySwirl is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • cloak
    • cloud
    • dust
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English (originally Scots in the sense ‘whirlpool’): perhaps of Low German or Dutch origin; compare with Dutch zwirrelen ‘to whirl’.

swirl

noun
🔊/swɜːl/
🔊/swɜːrl/
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  1. the movement of something that twists and turns in different directions and at different speeds打旋；旋动；漩涡
    • The dancers left the stage in a swirl of skirts.舞者们披着裙摆离开舞台。
  2. a pattern or an object that twists in circles螺旋形；漩涡状（物体）
    • The material is yellow with blue swirls on it.该材料为黄色，上面带有蓝色漩涡。
    • The cakes were topped with swirls of cream.蛋糕上面放着奶油漩涡。
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (originally Scots in the sense ‘whirlpool’): perhaps of Low German or Dutch origin; compare with Dutch zwirrelen ‘to whirl’.