whirl
Pronunciation: [hwә:l]
Average Rank: 16148
Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICTn. 回旋, 旋转, 急走, 眩晕 vt. 使旋转, 使回旋, 卷走 vi. 回旋, 旋转, 急走, 发晕
Detailed Explanations:
- n. confused movement
- n. the shape of something rotating rapidly
- v. cause to spin
- v. fly around
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating:
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Difficulty:
INTERMEDIATE
Exam Tags:
cet4
cet6
ky
ielts
Word Forms:
Past:
whirled
Present Participle:
whirling
3rd Person:
whirls
Past Participle:
whirled
Plural:
whirls
Word Frequency Rankings
Project Gutenberg
#8444Classical and literary usage
Percentile: 15.6%
(Top 15.6% most frequent)
Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus