whir

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++whir /wɜː $ wɜːr/ verb [intransitive]  x-refanother spelling of whirr whirr的另一种拼法→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

whir• Some of them take a second or two to stop whirring and clacking as they wind tape off a drum.• The pesticides treadmill is still whirring away.• The fans whir in the background, filling the locker room with white noise.• I saw it again that morning: the milk-float, whirring into another day.• They can speak, via a whirring mechanical voice box, and they have mechanical human hands rather than paws.• The whirring of our locust jaws is what keeps you awake.• Once Blanche saw his hands whirring over each other, she knew there was some hope.

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whir
whir /wɜː $ wɜːr/ verb [intransitive]
another spelling of whirr