英语词汇“whirly-whirly”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

whirly-whirly n.

Brit.

/ˈwəːlɪˌwəːli/

U.S.

/ˈwərliˌwərli/

(a) a dentist's drill (nonce-use); (b) Australian a whirling air current or dust cloud.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > dry weather or climate > [noun] > dust-storm or sand-storm > dust-spout or sand-spout

whirl-spout1737

devil1813

sand-spouta1849

sand-pillar1879

dust-devil1888

sand-devil1901

whirly-whirly1928

sand-smoke1930

1928 A. P. Herbert Trials of Topsy xii. 73 He thrust the whirly-whirly inch by inch into the very dome of a girl's head.

1930 V. Palmer Men are Human xiii. 112 A cool breeze..raised little whirly-whirlies of dust.

1959 Listener 15 Jan. 113/1 The dust whirls and capers into fantastic whirlie-whirlies.

1972 Southerly 32 4 A small whirly-whirly swept down the verandah, lifting dust and lolly papers in a mini-spiral.

单词	whirly-whirly
释义	> as lemmas whirly-whirly whirly-whirly n. Brit. /ˈwəːlɪˌwəːli/ , U.S. /ˈwərliˌwərli/ (a) a dentist's drill (nonce-use); (b) Australian a whirling air current or dust cloud. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > dry weather or climate > [noun] > dust-storm or sand-storm > dust-spout or sand-spout whirl-spout1737 devil1813 sand-spouta1849 sand-pillar1879 dust-devil1888 sand-devil1901 whirly-whirly1928 sand-smoke1930 1928 A. P. Herbert Trials of Topsy xii. 73 He thrust the whirly-whirly inch by inch into the very dome of a girl's head. 1930 V. Palmer Men are Human xiii. 112 A cool breeze..raised little whirly-whirlies of dust. 1959 Listener 15 Jan. 113/1 The dust whirls and capers into fantastic whirlie-whirlies. 1972 Southerly 32 4 A small whirly-whirly swept down the verandah, lifting dust and lolly papers in a mini-spiral. extracted from whirly-comb. form < as lemmas
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