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单词 gyrate
释义

gyrate

1 of 2

adjective

gy·​rate ˈjī-ˌrāt How to pronounce gyrate (audio)
: winding or coiled around : convoluted
gyrate branches of a tree

gyrate

2 of 2

verb

gyrated; gyrating

intransitive verb

1
: to revolve around a point or axis
2
: to oscillate with or as if with a circular or spiral motion
gyrator
ˈjī-ˌrā-tər How to pronounce gyrate (audio)
noun
gyratory
ˈjī-rə-ˌtȯr-ē How to pronounce gyrate (audio)
adjective

Synonyms

Verb

  • pinwheel
  • pirouette
  • revolve
  • roll
  • rotate
  • spin
  • turn
  • twirl
  • wheel
  • whirl
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Example Sentences

Verb They gyrated to the music. the gyroscope got its name for the way the disk inside the instrument gyrates around an axis
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Even as markets gyrate, Porsche has lined up investor interest for its IPO at a valuation of as much as 85 billion euros ($84 billion), people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg News last month. Christoph Rauwald, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022 But the safest bet of all is that those odds will continue to gyrate in both directions between now and November 8. Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2022 The risk is that China’s GDP will gyrate indefinitely with spikes and plunges in infection rates. William Pesek, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 Struggles gyrate to peak torque around the Full Moon in Capricorn on Wednesday, July 13th tied to Powerful Pluto opposite the Sun-Mercury in Cancer. Hilary Harley, SPIN, 1 July 2022 Many of those particles are electrically charged, and at these field strengths, the particles gyrate around the magnetic field lines at nearly the speed of light. Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 17 June 2022 These fish have a tendency to gyrate and just go crazy when trying to land them. Jim Gronaw, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 17 Oct. 2021 The bright-yellow contraptions jump, twist, and gyrate in eerily perfect synchronicity. BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2021 As with Allison and Wanda, her everyday life is so stifling that Sheila becomes fixated on a different version of herself, on an image she’d been taught conveys control: a skinny, peppy aerobics star who can gyrate to the beat. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 June 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1830, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

gyrate

verb

gy·​rate ˈjī-ˌrāt How to pronounce gyrate (audio)
gyrated; gyrating
: to move back and forth with a circular motion
The child made the top gyrate.

Medical Definition

gyrate

adjective

gy·​rate ˈjī-ˌrāt How to pronounce gyrate (audio)
: winding or coiled around : convoluted

gyrate

verb

as in to rotate
to move in circles around an axis or center the gyroscope got its name for the way the disk inside the instrument gyrates around an axis

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • rotate
  • revolve
  • spin
  • twirl
  • turn
  • roll
  • whirl
  • curl
  • circle
  • pirouette
  • curve
  • swirl
  • wheel
  • spiral
  • pinwheel
  • coil
  • twist
  • round
  • wind
  • orbit
  • pivot
  • ring
  • circulate
  • swivel
  • twine
  • encircle
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