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 wings of fortune could be heard whirring over his head.
  可以听到幸福的羽翼在他的头上呼呼地在振响着。
• The bird flew past, its wings whirring.
  那只鸟飞了过去，翅膀发出呼呼的声音。
• She'd been reading on the lone bench next to an empty laundry bag and a whirring machine, and she'd looked tired.
  当时她坐在洗衣机旁的椅子上看书，身边摆着一只空的洗衣篮，神情略显疲倦。
• The third New Russian starts shaking uncontrollably, emitting whirring noises.
  第三位新派俄罗斯人开始控制不住地摇晃起来，并发出呼呼的声音。
• 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。
• 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。
• Large populations of insects, whirring and buzzing through the air.
  大群昆虫在空中飞过，发出嗡嗡的声响。
• 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。
• Whirring air conditioners, fuzzy-sounding speakers and nearby noisy lobbies were obscuring his carefully crafted sound effects.
  开枪空调器，模糊测扬声器及附近嘈杂大堂被遮盖了他精心设计音响效果。