单词 | spin |
释义 | spin /spin; spin/ vt, vi (pt spun /spAn; spAn/ or span /spaen; spaen/, pp spun) (-nn-) 1 [VP6A, 14, 2A] ~ (into/from), form (thread) by twisting wool, cotton, silk, etc; draw out and twist (wool, cotton, etc) into threads; make (yarn) from wool etc in this way; engage in the occupation of ~ning thread: 薪 (纱); 抽绩 (毛, 棉等) 成纱; 纱绩; 从事纺绩工作: ~ ning wool/thread/yarn. 劫绩毛 (线, 舫) 。 ~ning jenny n early kind of machine for ~ning more than one thread at a time. (早期的) 多轴纺纱机。 '~ning-wheel n simple household machine for ~ning thread continuously on a spindle turned by a large wheel, usu worked by a treadle. (家庭用的) 纺车。 2 [VP6A] form by means of threads: .以丝或线做成: spiders ~-ning their webs; 结网的蜘蛛; silkworms ~ ning cocoons. 做茧的嚣。 3 [VP6A, 15B] (fig) produce, compose (a narrative). (喻) 编制; 杜撰; 讲述; 撰述 (故事) 。 ~ a yarn, tell a story: 讲故事: The old sailor loves to ~ yarns about his life at sea. 那老水手喜欢讲述他的航海生涯。 ~ sth out, make it last as long as possible: 尽量使某物持植; 延长: ~ out the time by talking; 以谈话临延时间; economize in order to make one's money ~ out until next pay-day. 节省用费以期维持到下一次发薪日。 4 [VP6A] cause (sth) to go round and round: 使 (某物) 旋转: ~ a top, → top; 抽陀螺; ~ a coin, send it up in the air, revolving as it goes up, to decide sth (by 'heads or tails'); 抛转钱币 (以落下后呈现正面或背面以决定某事); ~ the ball, (in cricket, tennis). 抽球; 旋球 (在板球或网球中) 。 .—'drier n device that uses centrifugal force to dry what is placed in it (eg laundered clothes). 脱水机 (利用离心力旋干洗过之衣服等) 。 .—'dry vt (pt, pp dried) dry in a —drier. 在脱水机中脱除…的水分; 在脱水机吊旋干。 '~-off n incidental benefit or product (from a larger enterprise, or from research for such an enterprise). (从较大企业,或从其研究工作产生的) 附带利益; 副产品 e 5 [VP2A, C] move round rapidly: 迅速旋转: The top was ~ ning merrily. 陀螺在轻快地旋转。 The collision sent the car ~ ning across the roadway. 那辆汽车被撞得转向而横在道路上。 The blow sent him ~ ning to the wall. 他被重击而晕转到墙边。 The bicycle was ~ ning along (= moving along) at a good speed. 那辆脚踏车快速疾驰。 6 spun glass, glass made into threads (by being spun when heated). 玻璃丝 (玻璃加热后抽成丝状者) 。 spun silk, cheap material of short-fibred and waste silk, often mixed with cotton. 舫绸 (由短而零碎的丝织成的便宜料子,常混有棉舫) o n 1 [U] turning or ~ning motion, esp as given to the ball in some games, eg cricket, baseball: 旋转 (尤指给予板球,网球等者 ) :The pitcher gave (a) ~ to the ball. 投手使球旋转。 2 short ride for pleasure in a motor-car, on a bicycle, etc: 乘汽车,脚踏车等短途的旅行; 乘车兜风: go for/have a ~. 坐 (乗, 骑等) 车溜溜。 3 fast ~ ning movement of an aircraft during a diving descent: 飞机快速螺旋下降: get into/out of a 开妲 (停止) 螺旋下降。站 s flat ~, in a panic, 惊慌地。 |
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