spinner

名词 n.
/ˈspɪnɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone who or something that spins.
  2. Someone who or something that spins.; Someone who spins yarn from loose fiber.
  3. A conical fairing near the hub of some aircraft propellers or turbofan fans.
  4. A device that is spun in games to choose a number or symbol.
    — I got a four on the spinner and moved my counter forward four spaces on the board.
  5. The coin thrower in a game of two-up. Australia,New-Zealand
  6. A mentally disturbed or eccentric person; weirdo. Australia,slang
  7. Primarily in the adult film industry, a woman with a tiny frame, usually very thin and small-breasted. often,slang,vulgar
    — Now, Cher was a spinner. Spinner is slang for a petite “chez chez la femme” who loved to assume the dominate sexual position on top. In other words, one could take a spinner and turn her around rapidly thus creating a circular motion and a geometrically induced orgasm.
  8. An input control for entering a number, with accompanying arrowed buttons that increase or decrease the value.
    — Select the number of copies you would like to print using the Number of copies spinner.
  9. A spin bowler.
    — I can ascertain that even in the present era where T20 cricket has redefined spin bowling and spinners have started bowling doosras and teesras and fire the deliveries in, you can expect Bishan Singh Bedi to stick to his original definition, and insist that, 'A spinner is one who turns the ball...'
  10. A manoeuvre in which the surfer makes a complete 360° turn while riding a surfboard.
    — Robert had never done a spinner in his life.
  11. A type of lure consisting of wire, a rotating blade, a weighted body, and one or more hooks.
  12. An ornamental hubcap that spins independently of the wheel
  13. A Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus).
  14. A dolphin (Stenella longirostris).
  15. A spinneret.
  16. A spider. archaic
    — I soon found it necessary not only to brush away the web, but also to destroy the spinner; for at first, having cleared the path one day, I found the next morning that the industrious insects had spread their nets again in the very same places.
  17. A kind of dumpling, shaped by "spinning" it in the hands. Jamaica
  18. A spin doctor. slang
    — He's been telling his army of spinners, and DC and Boy George too, that Radio 4 is for the chattering classes, and only people like Cameron and Miliband tune in to watch Paxo on Newsnight last thing at night.
  19. Ellipsis of fidget spinner. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
  20. A flat target mounted on an axis so that a ball passing through can make it spin around, usually awarding a certain number of points for every revolution it completes.
  21. A record turntable or CD player. slang
  22. A disc jockey. slang

词形变化

spinners plural

词源

From Middle English spynnere; equivalent to spin + -er.
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