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

whirrwhirr /wɚ/ verb (whirred, whirring) [intransitive]

ETYMOLOGYwhirr

Origin: 1300-1400 Probably from a Scandinavian language

VERB TABLE

whirr

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they
	he, she, it
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	whirred
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have whirred
	he, she, it	has whirred
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had whirred
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will whirr
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have whirred

Continuous Form
Present	I	am whirring
	he, she, it	is whirring
	you, we, they	are whirring
Past	I, he, she, it	was whirring
	you, we, they	were whirring
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been whirring
	he, she, it	has been whirring
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been whirring
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be whirring
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been whirring

to make a fairly quiet spinning sound, like the sound of a bird or insect moving its wings very fast: The hard drive whirred as I copied the files.—whirr noun [countable usually singular]