spin
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they spin | |
| he / she / it spins | |
| past simple spun | |
| past participle spun | |
| -ing form spinning |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to turn round and round quickly; to make something do this （使）快速旋转 - (+ adv./prep.)
The plane was spinning out of control. 飞机失去控制，进入尾旋状态。 a spinning ice skater 做旋转动作的溜冰者 My head is spinning (= I feel as if my head is going round and I can't balance). 我觉得天旋地转。 - spin round/around
The dancers spun round and round. 舞者不停地旋转。 - spin something (round/around)
to spin a ball/coin/wheel 转动球／硬币／轮子 We placed our bets and the croupier spun the roulette wheel. 我们下注，赌台管理员转动轮盘。
Extra ExamplesThe Earth spins on its axis once every 24 hours. 地球每 24 小时自转一周。 The blade spins very fast. 桨叶飞速旋转。 The car spun out of control. 那辆车打着转失去了控制。 The dinghy spun like a top and a huge wave came at me. 小艇像陀螺一样转了起来，接着一个巨浪向我打来。 The wheel can now spin freely. 轮子现在可以顺畅地转动了。 The wine made my head spin. 我喝了酒后头晕目眩的。 Jo spun the chair round. 乔转动椅子。 She spun the roulette wheel one last time. 她把轮盘赌轮又最后转了一次。 The Earth spins around a central axis. 地球围绕着一个中心轴旋转。 They spun a coin to see who should go first. 他们掷硬币决定谁先走。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fast
- quickly
- rapidly
- …
- begin to
- start to
- make somebody’s head spin
- spin like a top
- spin on its axis
- …
- (+ adv./prep.)
- [intransitive, transitive] spin (somebody) round/around | + adv./prep.
to turn round quickly once; to make somebody do this （使）急转身，猛转回头，急转弯 Extra ExamplesSpin your partner around. 拥着你的舞伴旋转。 She spun round to see him grinning at her. 她转过身来，看到他冲她咧嘴笑。 He spun the child roughly around. 他粗暴地将孩子的身子扭过来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fast
- quickly
- rapidly
- …
- begin to
- start to
- make somebody’s head spin
- spin like a top
- spin on its axis
- …
- [intransitive, transitive]
to make thread from wool, cotton, silk, etc. by twisting it 纺（线）；纺（纱） - [transitive] spin something
to produce thread from its body to make a web or cocoon 吐（丝）；作（茧）；结（网） a spider spinning a web 结网的蜘蛛 A silkworm spins a cocoon that can yield 800 metres of pure silk. 一只蚕结出一个能产800米纯丝的茧。
- [intransitive] + adv./prep.
to drive or travel quickly 驾车飞驰；疾驰 - [transitive] spin something
to remove the water from clothes that have just been washed, in a spin dryer （用旋转式脱水机）甩干衣服 - [transitive] spin something (as something)
to present information or a situation in a particular way, especially one that makes you or your ideas seem good 有倾向性地陈述；（尤指）以有利于自己的口吻描述 An aide was already spinning the senator's defeat as ‘almost as good as an outright win’. 一名助手已经开始将那位参议员的失败描述成 “几乎是大获全胜”。
turn round quickly快速旋转
make thread纺线
of spider/silkworm蜘蛛；蚕
drive/travel quickly高速驾驶／行进
dry clothes甩干衣服
present information陈述
Word OriginOld English spinnan ‘draw out and twist (fibre)’; related to German spinnen. The noun dates from the mid 19th cent.
Idioms
your head is spinning | make your head spin
your head feels as though it is going round and round and you cannot balance, especially because you are ill or confused or have had a shock; to make you feel like this 旋转： 您的头感觉好像在转来转去，无法平衡，尤其是因为您生病或感到困惑或受到惊吓；让你感觉像这样Her head was spinning from the pain. 她痛得头晕目眩。 His theories on economics are enough to make your head spin. 他的经济学理论足以让你头晕目眩。
spin (somebody) a yarn, tale, etc.
to try to make somebody believe a long story that is not true 杜撰故事，编造故事（以让人信以为真）
turn/spin on your heel
to turn around suddenly so that you are facing in the opposite direction 急向后转；突然转身 He turned on his heel and marched away angrily. 他猛地转过身，愤怒地大步离开了。