单词 | swirling |
释义 | swirlingadj. That swirls. 1. Characterized by twists or convolutions; curling; twisted. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] rollingc1400 whorling1578 wreathing1584 twininga1593 wreathy1644 volvulous1657 coiling1718 vining1806 swirling1807 convolutionary1903 1807 R. Tannahill Poet. Wks. (1846) 21 Auld, swirlon, slaethorn, camsheugh, crooked Wight. 1831 P. Sellar County of Sutherland 83 in Farm-rep. Covered with short, white, flat-growing, swirling hair. 1883 G. H. Boughton in Harper's Mag. Apr. 685/1 The rapid increase of swirling ornament as a feature of domestic..architecture. 2. Moving in eddies or whirlpools, or with a circular motion or course; whirling. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > swirling or eddying pirling1581 eddying1837 swirling1849 swirly1912 1849 C. Kingsley N. Devon: Pt. I in Misc. (1860) II. 246 A deep dark pool of swirling orange-brown. 1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. iv. 63 The great mouldering wall..worn by the rain and swirling winds into yet unseemlier shape. 1887 T. A. Trollope What I Remember II. ii. 32 The white gulls..started from their roosting-places..or returned to them from their swirling flights. 1898 H. Day King Spruce xx. 242 Blinking the big flakes out of his eyes as he breasted the swirling storm. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > as lemmasˈswirling ˈswirling n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > vertigo > [noun] dizzinessc900 swimeOE swinglingc1000 turningc1230 turngiddya1382 giddiness1398 turngiddiness1398 vertiginyc1400 turn-sick?c1450 swindling1527 vertigo1528 swimming1530 swindle1559 turnsickness1559 duseling1561 whirling1561 turn-sick giddiness1577 megrim1595 vertiginousness1599 whimsya1627 tiegoa1640 lightheadedness1645 swimmering1650 swim1817 swirling1825 swimminess1894 the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [noun] rundlec1300 waif1513 enwrapping1543 convolution1545 entrail?a1549 wreath1555 roundness1572 spire1572 rolling1576 enfold1578 infold1578 obvolution1578 gyre1590 whorl1592 enfoldment1593 twine1600 turn1625 volume1646 volution1752 swirl1786 coil1805 swirling1825 convolute1846 whirl1862 enfolding1873 snaking1888 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > swirling or eddying eddying1817 swirling1825 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Swirling, giddiness, vertigo. 1882 Daily Tel. 12 Sept. 2/2 A furious swirling of foam. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 6 Apr. 3/2 These swirlings of tulle. < adj.1807 as lemmas |
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