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

• The whirring of the wind in the spokes is the only sound to be heard as women cyclists shoot across the Hsi-Lo Bridge that spans the biggest river mouth on Taiwan's western seaboard.
  当女自行车手们疾驰穿过横跨台湾西部沿海最大河口的西螺大桥（Hsi-LoBridge）时，唯一能听到的就是轮辐里传来的飕飕风声。
• Two white pigeons came in through the kitchen window, and then the turtledoves, and finally all the birds beneath the sky came whirring and swarming in, and lit around the ashes.
  先飞来的是从厨房窗子进来的两只白鸽，跟着飞来的是两只斑鸠，接着天空中所有的小鸟都叽叽喳喳地拍动着翅膀，飞到了灰堆上。
• Last year he took a shine to a blue helicopter and flew towards its whirring blades each time it came into land at Jersey airport.
  去年他喜欢上了一架蓝色的直升机，每当飞机着陆在泽西岛机场时，他都会兴冲冲地飞向还在盘旋中的螺旋桨。
• 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。
• The sharp whirring or trilling sound made by some insects and birds, such as the grasshopper and partridge. birds singing, trees falling to the ground.
  颤鸣声，唧唧叫声尖锐的呼声或颤声，由一些昆虫和鸟发出，如蝗虫和鹧鸪鸟鸣声，树倒地声。
• The forecasts have not changed since January: a reassuring consistency. That suggests that the economic machine is whirring away as it should.
  这些预测自1月以来没有变过，展现一种令人安心的一致性，似乎表明经济机器正在按照应有的节奏运转。
• 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。
• Some wild ducks flapped their wings and flew off with shrill cries, whirring low over the water.
  几只野鸭扑楞楞飞起，尖声惊叫，掠着水面飞走了。
• Suddenly she heard a whirring and fluttering noise in the air, and the dwarf said: "Here come my lords the ravens flying home."
  突然，她听到鸟儿拍打翅膀的沙沙响。小矮人儿说：“我的主人们飞回来了！”
• A whirring whistle: goal.
  一阵打嘟噜的哨子声，进球了。