whirring

英 [ˈwɜːrɪŋ]

美 [ˈwɜːrɪŋ]

v.  (机器、昆虫翅膀等)发出呼呼声，嗡嗡作响
whir的现在分词; whirr的现在分词

现在分词：whirring　复数：whirrings　

BNC.34592 / COCA.31207

柯林斯词典

• VERB (机器、昆虫翅膀等)发出呼呼声，嗡嗡作响
  When something such as a machine or an insect's wingwhirrs, it makes a series of low sounds so quickly that they seem like one continuous sound.
  1. The camera whirred and clicked.
     相机发出嗡嗡声和咔嚓声。
  2. ...the whirring sound of the film projector.
     电影放映机的嗡嗡声
  3. Whirris also a noun.
     
  4. He could hear the whirr of a vacuum cleaner...
     他能听到真空吸尘器的嗡嗡声。
  5. Whirr, click, whirr, click — step by step the scan probed deeper.
     嗡嗡，咔嗒，嗡嗡，咔嗒——扫描探查一步步地深入。

英英释义

noun

• sound of something in rapid motion
  1. whir of a bird's wings
  2. the whir of the propellers
  Synonym:whirwhirrbirr

adj

• like the sound of rapidly vibrating wings

双语例句

• Large populations of insects, whirring and buzzing through the air.
  大群昆虫在空中飞过，发出嗡嗡的声响。
• Suddenly she heard a whirring and fluttering noise in the air, and the dwarf said: "Here come my lords the ravens flying home."
  突然，她听到鸟儿拍打翅膀的沙沙响。小矮人儿说：“我的主人们飞回来了！”
• Since the publication of The Good Earth, scarce attention has been paid to the detail of a flock of crows whirring and cawing over the head of Wang Long, the protagonist.
  飞旋在主人公王龙头顶上的乌鸦这一细节自《大地》问世以来很少引起人们的关注。
• The wings of fortune could be heard whirring over his head.
  可以听到幸福的羽翼在他的头上呼呼地在振响着。
• A whirring sound was heard in the air, and twelve ravens approached, landing together.
  空中传来了一阵呼啦呼啦的声音，十二只乌鸦飞到这里落了下来。
• When we got inside the factory, we couldn't hear the guide explain because of the whirring of the motors.
  当我们进入工厂内时，因为马达呼呼地转动，使我们听不见向导的解说。
• A whirring whistle: goal.
  一阵打嘟噜的哨子声，进球了。
• For example, when you are casting your lure while fishing in the legend of zelda: twilight princess, you can hear the whirring of the line as you flick the controller forward.
  以塞尔达新作为例，在钓鱼游戏中，只要玩家将鱼线甩出去，你就可以听到控制器发出“咝咝”的扯线声。
• The production line is a whirring mass of rollers, wheels and pipes, monitored by men at computer panels.
  生产线上，一组组滚轮、机轮和输送管嗡嗡地运转。工人们在电脑面板前监控着生产线的运转。
• Two white pigeons came in through the kitchen window, and then the turtledoves, and finally all the birds beneath the sky came whirring and swarming in, and lit around the ashes.
  先飞来的是从厨房窗子进来的两只白鸽，跟着飞来的是两只斑鸠，接着天空中所有的小鸟都叽叽喳喳地拍动着翅膀，飞到了灰堆上。