| 单词 | gyrate |
| 释义 | gyrate (once / 5686 pages) v When things turn or spin on an axis, like the seats on a whirling amusement park ride, they gyrate. When you spin a top, you watch it gyrate. An axis is a fixed, imaginary point or line that something rotates around — the Earth, famously, turns on an axis. If an object spins rapidly around this point, it gyrates. Many kinds of engines gyrate, and so do pinwheels, windmills, and gyroscopes. Even Elvis's hips were said to gyrate! The root of the verb gyrate is the Latin word for "circle," gyrus, which in turn comes from the Greek gyros, "circle or ring." WORD FAMILYgyrate: gyrated, gyrates, gyrating, gyration+/gyration: gyrations USAGE EXAMPLESThe buzz grew so loud, in act, that #JaredKushner became a trending Twitter topic, and the news cycle gyrated plenty. Washington Times(Nov 10, 2016) As the president-elect decides which of his many selves to put forward, the markets will continue to gyrate. Wall Street Journal(Nov 09, 2016) The rhythm was so infectious that Martinez stood up in the middle of his conga solo to gyrate his hips. Washington Post(Nov 06, 2016) 1v revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis Syn|Hypo|Hyper reel, spin, spin around, whirl whirligig whirl or spin like a whirligig go around, revolve, rotate turn on or around an axis or a center 2v to wind or move in a spiral course the young people gyrated on the dance floor Syn|Hyper coil, spiral turn change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense |
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