spin
v. 使旋轉; 急轉彎; 疾馳; 甩乾衣服; 有傾向性陳述; 紡紗; 吐絲
n. 高速旋轉; 尾旋; 旋轉; 傾向性陳述; (乘車)兜風
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...
用在小型行動式計算機上的最新光碟轉速為每分鐘 3,600 轉。
The Earth spins on its own axis...
地球繞著地軸自轉。
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.
只需要將洗好的衣物脫水,它就差不多幹了。
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...
我喝了葡萄酒後暈乎乎的。
All those figures make my poor head spin.
那麼多數字把我搞得頭昏腦脹。
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.
他把這次投票解釋為對憲法的支援,這也是他的支持者對今天的投票結果所作的解釋。
...the wholly improper political spin given to the report, particularly by The New York Times.
報道中帶有的根本不恰當的政治傾向,特別是《紐約時報》的報道
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.
公眾厭煩了那些有傾向性的報道和種種許諾。該是用政績說話的時候了。
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.
他很驚訝,也很生氣,因為她編的故事太真實了,甚至不能被斥為一個簡單的謊言。
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.
米歇爾也會按顧客的要求為其紡羊毛呢,每盎司收費 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.
可憐的簡對這次聚會真有些不知所措。
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
這些動詞均有"轉動,旋轉"之意。
spin one's wheels
(北美,非正式)浪費時間(或精力)
spin a yarn
東扯西拉
spin something off
(母公司)將子公司轉化為獨立的新公司
spin something out
儘可能地拖長…的時間
(板球)投旋轉球使擊球手退場
spin off
分割:從更大的實體中派生出(如公司或產品)
spin out
翻滾:打滑失控,如汽車打滑而衝出路面
spin (one's) wheels【非正式用語】
徒勞無益
The silkworms have gone into the bushes to spin their cocoons.
蠶上山了.
So I went into a spin down and to the right.
因此我又開始向右旋轉下墜.
The Ising spin system is one of the most frequently used models of statistical mechanics.
伊辛自旋系統是統計力學裡最頻繁使用的一個模型.
This allows the drive spin down when no users are connected.
這樣會讓磁碟機在沒有使用者連線的時候停止運轉.
When Mary broke off the engagement, John seemed to be in a flat spin.
瑪麗解除婚姻後, 約翰似乎精神失常了.