英语词汇“to spin one's wheels”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. transitive. To cause to turn or revolve rapidly; to twirl or whirl. Figurative phrase to spin one's wheels (U.S. colloquial), to mark time, to do nothing productive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (transitive)] > spin

spin1612

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)]

emptyeOE

to tell the clock1527

idle1668

to kick one's heels1703

twirl1777

gammer1788

to twiddle one's thumbs, or fingers1846

to make (also do) kef1852

goof1932

doss1937

to sit on one's hands1939

to bugger about ——1946

to spin one's wheels1960

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > not do [verb (transitive)] > do nothing productive

to spin one's wheels1960

the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > make only slight progress > make no progress

to stick in the mud1603

to spin one's wheels1974

1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good ii. ii. 28 Ile turne the wheeles: and spin the howers vp faster.

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. ii. i. 90 There be you, spinning your thumbs with a small child that ha'n't got no mother.

1842 R. Browning Soliloquy Spanish Cloister vii Spin him round and send him flying Off to Hell.

1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 151 The old school-house and its porch..where you spun tops and snapped marbles.

1960 Wall St. Jrnl. 15 Mar. 1 ‘We're just sitting here spinning our wheels,’ says a disgruntled Naval aviator in California.

1974 Evening Herald (Rock Hill, S. Carolina) 19 Apr. 4/1 The Selective Service System has, in fact, done little but spin its wheels for the past 14 months.

单词	to spin one's wheels
释义	> as lemmas to spin one's wheels a. transitive. To cause to turn or revolve rapidly; to twirl or whirl. Figurative phrase to spin one's wheels (U.S. colloquial), to mark time, to do nothing productive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (transitive)] > spin spin1612 the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] emptyeOE to tell the clock1527 idle1668 to kick one's heels1703 twirl1777 gammer1788 to twiddle one's thumbs, or fingers1846 to make (also do) kef1852 goof1932 doss1937 to sit on one's hands1939 to bugger about ——1946 to spin one's wheels1960 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > not do [verb (transitive)] > do nothing productive to spin one's wheels1960 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > make only slight progress > make no progress to stick in the mud1603 to spin one's wheels1974 1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good ii. ii. 28 Ile turne the wheeles: and spin the howers vp faster. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. ii. i. 90 There be you, spinning your thumbs with a small child that ha'n't got no mother. 1842 R. Browning Soliloquy Spanish Cloister vii Spin him round and send him flying Off to Hell. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 151 The old school-house and its porch..where you spun tops and snapped marbles. 1960 Wall St. Jrnl. 15 Mar. 1 ‘We're just sitting here spinning our wheels,’ says a disgruntled Naval aviator in California. 1974 Evening Herald (Rock Hill, S. Carolina) 19 Apr. 4/1 The Selective Service System has, in fact, done little but spin its wheels for the past 14 months. extracted from spinv. < as lemmas
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