reel

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shaky or unsteady gait.
    — Doubtless the present game of chess was developed through just such fiddling; perhaps someone once thought that the drunken reel of the knight was hostile to the essence of Chess.
  2. A lively dance originating in Scotland.
    — So strict is the kirk of Scotland, that one minister was unfrocked for writing a play (in former times); and another was sent about his business for being too fond of whiskey and of dancing the reel of Tullochgorum.
  3. The music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
    — […]sample the famed waters from the Scottish mountains like a native born, and last but not least, play a reel on the bagpipes in the big hall that set all the laddies and lassies dancing.
  4. A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
    — a log reel
  5. A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
  6. A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
  7. A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an app or website and typically only available for a short period. capitalized,sometimes
动词 v.
  1. To wind on a reel.
  2. To spin or revolve repeatedly.
  3. To unwind; to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
    — He reeled off some tape from the roll and sealed the package.
  4. To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
    — They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man.
  5. To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly.
    — He reeled back from the punch.
  6. To make or cause to reel.
  7. To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
    — In these lengthened vigils his brain often reeled.
  8. To be in shock. especially,figuratively
    — New Jersey was reeling on Wednesday from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which has caused catastrophic flooding here in Hoboken and in other New York City suburbs, destroyed entire neighborhoods across the state and wiped out iconic boardwalks in shore towns that had enchanted generations of vacationgoers.
  9. To produce a mechanical insect-like song, as in grass warblers.
  10. To roll. obsolete
    — And Sisyphus an huge round stone did reele.
  11. To bring in or along. figuratively
    — Frank stood at the sink, and began washing the plates. He realised if he was going to reel his great-aunt into his plan, he was going to have to do it very gently.

词形变化

reels plural reels present,singular,third-person reeling participle,present reeled participle,past reeled past

词汇关系

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词源

词源 1
From Middle English reel, reele, from Old English rēol, hrēol, from Proto-West Germanic *hrehul, from Proto-Germanic *hrehulaz, *hrahilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“to weave, beat”). Cognate with Icelandic ræl, hræll.
词源 2
From Middle English reel, reele, from Old English rēol, hrēol, from Proto-West Germanic *hrehul, from Proto-Germanic *hrehulaz, *hrahilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“to weave, beat”). Cognate with Icelandic ræl, hræll.
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