whir

/hwur, wur/US // ʰwɜr, wɜr //UK // (wɜː) //

呼呼,呼呼声,呼声,呼啸而过

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb

1
whirred, whir·ring.
- : to go, fly, revolve, or otherwise move quickly with a humming or buzzing sound:An electric fan whirred softly in the corner.

v.有主动词 verb

1
whirred, whir·ring.
- : to move or transport with a whirring sound: The plane whirred them away into the night.

n.名词 noun

nouncommotion

Forms: whirs

Synonyms

He remembers how his young eyes fixated on the flashing lights of police cars that seemed ever-present, his ears drawn to the whir of police helicopters and sirens.
The whir of the circling NYPD helicopter muffled their chants calling for unity and calling out police brutality.
As we approach the rumble of guns grows louder and alternates with the whir of cannonballs, which begin to attract his attention.
You can almost hear the gears whir: Kagan offers the most liberalism for the longest time at the lowest political cost.
For a few seconds the silence was unbroken save for a whir of a taxicab passing outside.
Both had heard the well-remembered whir at the same moment, and bounded away several steps before pausing to look back.
Suddenly some birds arose with a great whir of wings, and alighted in a tree.
She heard the whir of a machine, fast and then slow again, near and then at a distance.
Then, from out of the darkness, came something that moved on a whir of caterpillar treads.

/hwur, wur/US // ʰwɜr, wɜr //UK // (wɜː) //

呼呼,呼呼声,呼声,呼啸而过

v.无主动词 verb

1
whirred, whir·ring.
- : to go, fly, revolve, or otherwise move quickly with a humming or buzzing sound:An electric fan whirred softly in the corner.

v.有主动词 verb

1
whirred, whir·ring.
- : to move or transport with a whirring sound: The plane whirred them away into the night.

n.名词 noun

nouncommotion

Forms: whirs

Synonyms

He remembers how his young eyes fixated on the flashing lights of police cars that seemed ever-present, his ears drawn to the whir of police helicopters and sirens.
The whir of the circling NYPD helicopter muffled their chants calling for unity and calling out police brutality.
As we approach the rumble of guns grows louder and alternates with the whir of cannonballs, which begin to attract his attention.
You can almost hear the gears whir: Kagan offers the most liberalism for the longest time at the lowest political cost.
For a few seconds the silence was unbroken save for a whir of a taxicab passing outside.
Both had heard the well-remembered whir at the same moment, and bounded away several steps before pausing to look back.
Suddenly some birds arose with a great whir of wings, and alighted in a tree.
She heard the whir of a machine, fast and then slow again, near and then at a distance.
Then, from out of the darkness, came something that moved on a whir of caterpillar treads.