spin
v. 使旋转; 急转弯; 疾驰; 甩干衣服; 有倾向性陈述; 纺纱; 吐丝
n. 高速旋转; 尾旋; 旋转; 倾向性陈述; (乘车)兜风
If something spins or if you spin it, it turns quickly around a central point.
The latest discs, used for small portable computers, spin 3600 times a minute...
用在小型便携式计算机上的最新光盘转速为每分钟 3,600 转。
The Earth spins on its own axis...
地球绕着地轴自转。
When you spin washing, it is turned round and round quickly in a spin drier or a washing machine to get the water out.
Just spin the washing and it's nearly dry.
只需要将洗好的衣物脱水,它就差不多干了。
If your head is spinning, you feel unsteady or confused, for example because you are drunk, ill, or excited.
My head was spinning from the wine...
我喝了葡萄酒后晕乎乎的。
All those figures make my poor head spin.
那么多数字把我搞得头昏脑胀。
If someone puts a certain spin on an event or situation, they interpret it and try to present it in a particular way.
He interpreted the vote as support for the constitution and that is the spin his supporters are putting on the results today.
他把这次投票解释为对宪法的支持,这也是他的支持者对今天的投票结果所作的解释。
...the wholly improper political spin given to the report, particularly by The New York Times.
报道中带有的根本不恰当的政治倾向,特别是《纽约时报》的报道
In politics, spin is the way in which political parties try to present everything they do in a positive way to the public and the media.
The public is sick of spin and tired of promises. It's time for politicians to act.
公众厌烦了那些有倾向性的报道和种种许诺。该是用政绩说话的时候了。
If you go for a spin or take a car for a spin, you make a short journey in a car just to enjoy yourself.
If someone spins a story, they give you an account of something that is untrue or only partly true.
He was surprised, and annoyed that she had spun a story which was too good to be condemned as a simple lie.
他很惊讶,也很生气,因为她编的故事太真实了,甚至不能被斥为一个简单的谎言。
When people spin, they make thread by twisting together pieces of a fibre such as wool or cotton using a device or machine.
Michelle will also spin a customer's wool fleece to specification at a cost of $2.25 an ounce.
米歇尔也会按顾客的要求为其纺羊毛呢,每盎司收费 2.25 美元。
If a plane goes into a spin, it falls very rapidly towards the ground in a spiral movement.
In a game such as tennis or cricket, if you put spin on a ball, you deliberately make it spin rapidly when you hit it or throw it.
If you say that someone is in a spin or in a flat spin, you mean that they are confused and unable to act sensibly because of something that has happened.
Poor Jane was in rather a spin about the party.
可怜的简对这次聚会真有些不知所措。
1. a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
2. the act of rotating rapidly;
3. a short drive in a car;
4. rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral
5. a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion);
1. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis;
2. stream in jets, of liquids;
3. cause to spin;
4. make up a story;
5. form a web by making a thread;
6. work natural fibers into a thread;
7. twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation;
8. prolong or extend;
rotate, revolve, roll, spin, turn, whirl, circle
这些动词均有"转动,旋转"之意。
spin one's wheels
(北美,非正式)浪费时间(或精力)
spin a yarn
东扯西拉
spin something off
(母公司)将子公司转化为独立的新公司
spin something out
尽可能地拖长…的时间
(板球)投旋转球使击球手退场
spin off
分割:从更大的实体中派生出(如公司或产品)
spin out
翻滚:打滑失控,如汽车打滑而冲出路面
spin (one's) wheels【非正式用语】
徒劳无益
The silkworms have gone into the bushes to spin their cocoons.
蚕上山了.
So I went into a spin down and to the right.
因此我又开始向右旋转下坠.
The Ising spin system is one of the most frequently used models of statistical mechanics.
伊辛自旋系统是统计力学里最频繁使用的一个模型.
This allows the drive spin down when no users are connected.
这样会让磁碟机在没有使用者连线的时候停止运转.
When Mary broke off the engagement, John seemed to be in a flat spin.
玛丽解除婚姻后, 约翰似乎精神失常了.