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

• For example, when you are casting your lure while fishing in the legend of zelda: twilight princess, you can hear the whirring of the line as you flick the controller forward.
  以塞尔达新作为例，在钓鱼游戏中，只要玩家将鱼线甩出去，你就可以听到控制器发出“咝咝”的扯线声。
• A whirring whistle: goal.
  一阵打嘟噜的哨子声，进球了。
• 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。
• 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。
• There was a whirring of machinery.
  有机器发出的嗡嗡声。
• 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。
• Automatic shut-off devices appeared on whirring machines.
  嗡嗡作响的机器中加装了自动关闭装置。
• 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。
• Lin Heung is a rough-and-ready sort of place, with a worn tiled floor, metal spittoons and ceiling fans whirring away.
  莲香楼是个简陋的茶馆，地上是很旧的地砖，摆着铁制的痰盂，屋顶上是呼呼吹着的吊扇。
• He'd scarcely spoken the words when he heard a whirring of wings in the air overhead, looked up and saw seven coal-black ravens flying away.
  这话刚出口，就听到头顶有“吧哒吧哒”鸟儿拍打翅膀的声音。他抬头一看，只见空中有七只漆黑漆黑的乌鸦飞过去了。