swirl英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A whirling eddy.

— Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him.
A twist or coil of something.
The upward rushing of a fish through the water to take the bait.
Interracial mingling (e.g. dating, sex, marriage, etc.). dated

— She told that white boy she wasn't down with the swirl and to take himself a hike.
Synonym of pinwheel (“food product with spiral layers”).

— I'm baking some cheese swirls.

动词 v.

To twist or whirl, as an eddy. ambitransitive

— I swirled my brush around in the paint.
To be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl.
To circulate. figuratively,intransitive

— Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street.
To mingle interracially. dated

词形变化

swirls present,singular,third-person swirling participle,present swirled participle,past swirled past swirls plural

词汇关系

衍生词

aswirl overswirl swirler swirlhole swirlie swirlware unswirl preswirl coral swirl swirl flap swirly

词源

词源 1

From Middle English swirlen (“to eddy, swirl”), probably from Old Norse *svirla (“to swirl”), a frequentative form of Old Norse sverra (“to swing, twirl”). Cognate with Scots swirl, sworl (“to eddy, swirl”), Norwegian Nynorsk svirla (“to whirl around; swirl”), Swedish sorla (“to murmur, buzz”), Dutch zwirrelen (“to swirl”). Compare also West Frisian swiere (“to reel, whirl”), Dutch zwieren (“to reel, swing around”), German Low German swirren (“to whizz, whirl or buzz around”), German schwirren (“to whirr, whizz, buzz”), Swedish svirra (“to whirr about, buzz, hum”), Danish svirre (“to whizz, whirr”). Related to English swarm.

词源 2

From Middle English swirlen (“to eddy, swirl”), probably from Old Norse *svirla (“to swirl”), a frequentative form of Old Norse sverra (“to swing, twirl”). Cognate with Scots swirl, sworl (“to eddy, swirl”), Norwegian Nynorsk svirla (“to whirl around; swirl”), Swedish sorla (“to murmur, buzz”), Dutch zwirrelen (“to swirl”). Compare also West Frisian swiere (“to reel, whirl”), Dutch zwieren (“to reel, swing around”), German Low German swirren (“to whizz, whirl or buzz around”), German schwirren (“to whirr, whizz, buzz”), Swedish svirra (“to whirr about, buzz, hum”), Danish svirre (“to whizz, whirr”). Related to English swarm.