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

• The third New Russian starts shaking uncontrollably, emitting whirring noises.
  第三位新派俄罗斯人开始控制不住地摇晃起来，并发出呼呼的声音。
• With the blades whirring, pour in juice or water to make the consistency you like.
  同时可添加果汁或者水，调节浓稠度。
• The whirring of the wind in the spokes is the only sound to be heard as women cyclists shoot across the Hsi-Lo Bridge that spans the biggest river mouth on Taiwan's western seaboard.
  当女自行车手们疾驰穿过横跨台湾西部沿海最大河口的西螺大桥（Hsi-LoBridge）时，唯一能听到的就是轮辐里传来的飕飕风声。
• When we got inside the factory, we couldn't hear the guide explain because of the whirring of the motors.
  当我们进入工厂内时，因为马达呼呼地转动，使我们听不见向导的解说。
• 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。
• The birds were active, whirring and fluttering among the trees.
  鸟儿们很活跃，在树林中呼呼地飞来飞去。
• Last year he took a shine to a blue helicopter and flew towards its whirring blades each time it came into land at Jersey airport.
  去年他喜欢上了一架蓝色的直升机，每当飞机着陆在泽西岛机场时，他都会兴冲冲地飞向还在盘旋中的螺旋桨。
• 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。
• 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。
• Some wild ducks flapped their wings and flew off with shrill cries, whirring low over the water.
  几只野鸭扑楞楞飞起，尖声惊叫，掠着水面飞走了。