单词	pinwheel
释义	pinwheel /ˈpɪnwiːl / chiefly North American noun 1A small firework resembling a Catherine wheel.As the first pinwheel of light burst, the sparks seemed to race forward to capture Emily.... As usual, we lashed firecrackers and pyrotechnics to the frame, stuffed a mortar in its mouth, and added a blazing pinwheel for the beast's eye. We are near the edge of the pinwheel so we move pretty quickly. 1.1Something shaped or rotating like a pinwheel.In it, two pinwheels of triangles are set inside the curves of a large horizontal S shape.... Roadmap-patterned wallpaper lined the elevator's interior, and an array of pinwheels and movable disk sculptures were laid out on shelves. They do things that Streb finds real - moves called dominoes, slices, ex-flips, inside-outs, sparkles, pinwheels, sidelines, and slams. verb [no object] Spin or rotate like a pinwheel: his car pinwheeled into a barrier... But to visit in the spring or fall, when millions of birds are pinwheeling through the heavens, is to realize that there are other, much older claims here, too. Threatening or dishonest telegrams, or anonymous notes pushed under the door, set several plots pinwheeling. She pinwheeled end-over-end and out of sight as I hopped up and down, holding my right foot and grimacing like Oliver Hardy.
随便看	familiar devil familiarise familiarism familiarity familiarity breeds contempt familiarization familiarize familiarly familiar name familiarness familiar spirit familiary familic familist familistery familistic familistère famille famille de robe family family album family allowance family altar family benefit family bible

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