twirl
verb- [intransitive, transitive] twirl (somebody) (around/round)
to move or dance round and round; to make somebody do this （使）旋转，转动 - [transitive] twirl something (around/about)
to make something turn quickly and lightly round and round 使轻快地转动；使旋转 He twirled his hat in his hand. 他快速旋转着手里的帽子。 She sat twirling the stem of the glass in her fingers. 她坐在那里用手指捻动着高脚酒杯的柄脚。
- [transitive] twirl something
to turn something round and round with your fingers （用手指）缠绕，盘绕，卷曲
Word Originlate 16th cent.: probably an alteration (by association with whirl) of tirl, a variant of archaic trill ‘twiddle, spin’.