swirl

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++swirl1 /swɜːl $ swɜːrl/ ●○○ verb  1  TURN[intransitive, transitive] to move around quickly in a twisting circular movement, or to make something do this （使）旋动，（使）打旋swirl around/round Smoke swirled around her. 她周围烟雾缭绕。swirl something around/round He swirled the brandy around in his glass. 他旋动杯中的白兰地酒。 The river had become a swirling torrent. 河水变成了翻滚的洪流。2  [intransitive] if stories or ideas swirl around a place, a lot of people start to talk about them – used especially in news reports 流传〔尤用于新闻报道〕 SYN circulateswirl around Rumours of a takeover began to swirl around the stock markets. 收购传言开始在股票市场上流传。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

swirl• Reports that the company is in trouble continue to swirl.• As the submersible glides over them, clouds of orange dust rise, swirl about, and slowly drift back down.• The three ships swirled around my ship, neatly bracketing it as they matched its speed.• The wind swirling around the tree had blown all the snow away from its trunk.• Swirl butter into the sauce.• The traffic swirled by on the splashing road.• The ice cubes swirled down the drain.• George said something perfectly right about the wine, swirling it in the high-stemmed tulip glass.• She toyed with it with her fork, pushing it slowly around the plate, swirling it into patterns.• Dust swirled like smoke in the evening sunshine.• Robert was duly acquitted, but the mystery swirled on.• Smoke swirled out of the grass next to the first few Hueys.• Jessie's pale dress swirled round her slender ankles.• Add a dot of cream to each, then swirl with a knife to create a pattern.swirl around/round• Splintered wood and shoes swirling round and round.• Greeny-brown water swirled round and through gaps in the wood, which was broken and jagged like rotten teeth.• Above the Falls, for almost a mile, the river raged and swirled around Goat Island.• Sensual pleasure had been swirling around her.• Snowflakes swirl around in front of my window, and slowly, imperceptibly, they mat down the leaves and the grass.• The starlings were disturbed, swirling around in S-shapes and parabolas and unexpected clusters.• They were aimless places that swirled around the cramped rooms where he always ended up.• They kept quite still, although all the commotion of the station swirled around them.

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swirl2 noun [countable]  1  TURNa swirling movement or amount of something 旋动，打旋swirl of a swirl of dust 滚滚飞扬的尘土2. AVDa twisting circular pattern 旋涡状；螺旋形

Examples from the Corpus

swirl• To follow Bavarian creams and chocolate chestnut swirl.• The wind had strengthened, and there was more rain too, blowing in swirls.• They're inconsequential swirls, all wah wah pedal and no tune.• Pipe the chocolate into swirls over the chocolate-coated truffles.• Leaving behind the familiar phrasings, Coltrane began to produce swirls of sound and visceral shrieks that puzzled and angered music critics.• The sky hung low, a cloudy canvas with swirls of dark purple and stormy greys.swirl of• a swirl of dust• The sheets were covered in bright swirls of color.Origin swirl2 (1400-1500) Probably from the sound of water going around

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swirl¹ /swɜːl $ swɜːrl/ verb
1. [intransitive and transitive] to move around quickly in a twisting circular movement, or to make something do this
    swirl around/round
    Smoke swirled around her.
    swirl something around/round
    He swirled the brandy around in his glass.
    The river had become a swirling torrent.
2. [intransitive] if stories or ideas swirl around a place, a lot of people start to talk about them – used especially in news reports
   SYN  circulate
    swirl around
    Rumours of a takeover began to swirl around the stock markets.

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swirl² noun [countable]1. a swirling movement or amount of something
    swirl of
    a swirl of dust
2. a twisting circular pattern