Word · Frequency #10024
swirl
旋转；打旋
to move or cause to move in a twisting or whirling motion
- 1.
To twist or whirl, as an eddy.
旋转或打旋
- 2.
To be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl.
呈螺旋状排列
- 3.
To circulate.
循环
呈螺旋形；盘绕；流传；传播；旋转或打旋；呈螺旋状排列；循环
In use
The fallen leaves swirled up into the air as the wind picked up.
She swirled the coffee in her mug to mix in the cream.
Smoke swirled slowly upward from the chimney into the cold sky.
Verb forms
base swirl · third person swirls · -ing swirling · past swirled · past participle swirled
规则动词，过去式和过去分词直接加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- swirl around
- 旋转；盘旋
- Leaves swirled around in the autumn wind.秋风中落叶盘旋。
- swirl in the glass
- 在杯中晃（酒）
- She swirled the wine in her glass before tasting it.她尝酒前先晃了晃杯中的葡萄酒。
- swirl together
- 搅和；混合
- Swirl the paint together until the colors blend.把颜料搅在一起，直到颜色融合。
- rumors swirl
- 谣言四起
- Rumors swirled around the office.办公室里谣言四起。
- swirl down
- 旋转飘落
- The snow swirled down from the sky.雪花从天空盘旋而落。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住 swirl 像 s + whirl（whirl 是旋转），想象水打着旋发出“嘶嘶”声，漩涡就 swirl 了。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：描述水流或气流的文字、抽象信息的传播 该词作动词时通常表示旋转或流动，多用于描述自然现象（如水流、风）的书面表达；也可引申指消息或谣言流传。总体可视为中性词，正式与非正式场景都可用，但描述性语境中更常见。
Grammar Note
及物和不及物用法
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with 'swirl': the stressed vowel /ɜː/ and the following /l/ match. 'whirl', 'twirl', and 'girl' also share the visible spelling '-irl', while 'curl', 'hurl', and 'pearl' are rhymes with different spellings. Beware lookalikes like 'swill' (/swɪl/), which looks similar but has the short vowel /ɪ/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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