| 词汇 | whirl |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： 1. whirl (v.) late 13c., probably from O.N. hvirfla "to go round, spin," related to hvirfill "circle, ring, crown," and to O.E. hweorfan "to turn" (see whir). Whirlpool is attested from 1520s, but O.E. had hwyrfepol and wirfelmere; whirlwind is mid-14c., probably on model of O.N. hvirfilvindr. Whirligig is from mid-15c., of various toys. Whirlybird "helicopter" is from 1951. 2. whirl (n.) 1411, "flywheel of a spindle," from whirl (v.). The meaning "act of whirling" is recorded from c.1480; fig. sense of "confused activity" is recorded from 1552. Colloq. sense of "tentative attempt" is attested from 1884, Amer.Eng. 词根记忆： v. (使)旋转,打转n.旋转;-连串快速的活动My head whirls.我头晕目眩. |
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