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单词 swirling
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swirlingadj.

/ˈswəːlɪŋ/
Etymology: < swirl v. + -ing suffix2.
That swirls.
1. Characterized by twists or convolutions; curling; twisted.
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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.
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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).

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ˈswirling
ˈswirling n.
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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.
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adj.1807
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