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whirring

英 [ˈwɜːrɪŋ]

美 [ˈwɜːrɪŋ]

v.  (机器、昆虫翅膀等)发出呼呼声,嗡嗡作响
whir的现在分词; whirr的现在分词

现在分词:whirring 复数:whirrings 

BNC.34592 / COCA.31207

柯林斯词典

  • VERB (机器、昆虫翅膀等)发出呼呼声,嗡嗡作响
    When something such as a machine or an insect's wingwhirrs, it makes a series of low sounds so quickly that they seem like one continuous sound.
    1. The camera whirred and clicked.
      相机发出嗡嗡声和咔嚓声。
    2. ...the whirring sound of the film projector.
      电影放映机的嗡嗡声
    3. Whirris also a noun.
    4. He could hear the whirr of a vacuum cleaner...
      他能听到真空吸尘器的嗡嗡声。
    5. Whirr, click, whirr, click — step by step the scan probed deeper.
      嗡嗡,咔嗒,嗡嗡,咔嗒——扫描探查一步步地深入。

英英释义

noun

  • sound of something in rapid motion
    1. whir of a bird's wings
    2. the whir of the propellers
    Synonym:whirwhirrbirr

adj

  • like the sound of rapidly vibrating wings

    双语例句

    • Since the publication of The Good Earth, scarce attention has been paid to the detail of a flock of crows whirring and cawing over the head of Wang Long, the protagonist.
      飞旋在主人公王龙头顶上的乌鸦这一细节自《大地》问世以来很少引起人们的关注。
    • There was a whirring of machinery.
      有机器发出的嗡嗡声。
    • A whirring sound was heard in the air, and twelve ravens approached, landing together.
      空中传来了一阵呼啦呼啦的声音,十二只乌鸦飞到这里落了下来。
    • Football players line up in various formations for their plays. A whirring whistle: goal.
      足球队员组成各种阵式踢球。一阵打嘟噜的哨子声,进球了。
    • He'd scarcely spoken the words when he heard a whirring of wings in the air overhead, looked up and saw seven coal-black ravens flying away.
      这话刚出口,就听到头顶有“吧哒吧哒”鸟儿拍打翅膀的声音。他抬头一看,只见空中有七只漆黑漆黑的乌鸦飞过去了。
    • The forecasts have not changed since January: a reassuring consistency. That suggests that the economic machine is whirring away as it should.
      这些预测自1月以来没有变过,展现一种令人安心的一致性,似乎表明经济机器正在按照应有的节奏运转。
    • Last year he took a shine to a blue helicopter and flew towards its whirring blades each time it came into land at Jersey airport.
      去年他喜欢上了一架蓝色的直升机,每当飞机着陆在泽西岛机场时,他都会兴冲冲地飞向还在盘旋中的螺旋桨。
    • She'd been reading on the lone bench next to an empty laundry bag and a whirring machine, and she'd looked tired.
      当时她坐在洗衣机旁的椅子上看书,身边摆着一只空的洗衣篮,神情略显疲倦。
    • Large populations of insects, whirring and buzzing through the air.
      大群昆虫在空中飞过,发出嗡嗡的声响。
    • The sharp whirring or trilling sound made by some insects and birds, such as the grasshopper and partridge. birds singing, trees falling to the ground.
      颤鸣声,唧唧叫声尖锐的呼声或颤声,由一些昆虫和鸟发出,如蝗虫和鹧鸪鸟鸣声,树倒地声。