the fan whirred
collocation风扇嗡嗡作响
The ceiling fan whirred all night.
吊扇整夜嗡嗡作响。
嗖嗖作响
whirred — past of whir
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嗖嗖作响
make a soft swishing sound
The old fan whirred quietly in the corner.
角落里的旧电扇轻轻地嗡嗡转着。
发出轻柔的嗖嗖声
make a soft swishing sound
whir
Base
原形
whirs
3rd person
第三人称单数
whirring
-ing
现在分词
whirred
Past
过去式
whirred
Past participle
过去分词
The fan whirs quietly.
电扇安静地嗡嗡响。
The machine whirred all night.
机器整夜嗡嗡作响。
The engine is whirring loudly.
引擎正大声嗡嗡响。
规则动词，意为发出嗡嗡声。
I heard the camera whirring as it took each picture.
我听见相机每拍一张照片就发出轻轻的转动声。
AI contextual example
The computer whirs for a few seconds before the screen turns on.
电脑在屏幕亮起前会嗡嗡响几秒钟。
AI contextual example
the motor whirred
马达嗡嗡作响。
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风扇嗡嗡作响
The ceiling fan whirred all night.
吊扇整夜嗡嗡作响。
翅膀发出嗖嗖声
Hummingbird wings whir as the bird hovers at a flower.
蜂鸟在花前悬停时，翅膀发出嗖嗖声。
嗡嗡声
I heard a whirring sound from the printer.
我听到打印机发出嗡嗡声。
嗡嗡作响地启动
The computer whirred to life when I turned it on.
我一打开电源，电脑就嗡嗡作响地启动了。
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看到whir，联想机器叶片转动时‘呼—呼—’的轻响；h像呼出的气流，记住w-h-i-r就是轻柔嗖嗖声。
语域：neutral 常见场景：机器运转、风扇或硬盘转动、鸟或昆虫振翅 whir 是中性常用词，通常用于描述机器、电子设备或鸟虫翅膀持续发出的轻柔嗖嗖声，口语和书面语中都比较常见。
Rhymes with stir, blur, fur, and sir (all share the /əː/ vowel, with /r/ in rhotic accents). Lookalikes where /wɛə/ and wire /ˈwaɪə/ have different vowels and do not rhyme with whir.
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