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

• 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。
• 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。
• A whirring whistle: goal.
  一阵打嘟噜的哨子声，进球了。
• 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。
• Since the publication of The Good Earth, scarce attention has been paid to the detail of a flock of crows whirring and cawing over the head of Wang Long, the protagonist.
  飞旋在主人公王龙头顶上的乌鸦这一细节自《大地》问世以来很少引起人们的关注。
• Football players line up in various formations for their plays. A whirring whistle: goal.
  足球队员组成各种阵式踢球。一阵打嘟噜的哨子声，进球了。
• 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。
• 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 production line is a whirring mass of rollers, wheels and pipes, monitored by men at computer panels.
  生产线上，一组组滚轮、机轮和输送管嗡嗡地运转。工人们在电脑面板前监控着生产线的运转。
• 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。