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

• The production line is a whirring mass of rollers, wheels and pipes, monitored by men at computer panels.
  生产线上，一组组滚轮、机轮和输送管嗡嗡地运转。工人们在电脑面板前监控着生产线的运转。
• At first it looked like a cross, then it looked like an aeroplane, then it looked like a kite, and at last with a whirring of wings it was right overhead and was an albatross.
  开头看上去像个十字架，后来看上去像架飞机，再后来看上去像个风筝，最后翅膀呼呼地旋转，就飞到头顶上空，原来是只信天翁。
• 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。
• A whirring whistle: goal.
  一阵打嘟噜的哨子声，进球了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The third New Russian starts shaking uncontrollably, emitting whirring noises.
  第三位新派俄罗斯人开始控制不住地摇晃起来，并发出呼呼的声音。
• The birds were active, whirring and fluttering among the trees.
  鸟儿们很活跃，在树林中呼呼地飞来飞去。
• 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。