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

• Whirring air conditioners, fuzzy-sounding speakers and nearby noisy lobbies were obscuring his carefully crafted sound effects.
  开枪空调器，模糊测扬声器及附近嘈杂大堂被遮盖了他精心设计音响效果。
• 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。
• The third New Russian starts shaking uncontrollably, emitting whirring noises.
  第三位新派俄罗斯人开始控制不住地摇晃起来，并发出呼呼的声音。
• A high-pitched whirring sound begins, and a mechanized double-pronged probe pushes itself into his nose.
  一阵高频的呼呼声开始响起，一个机械的双分叉头的探针被推进了他的鼻子。
• The bird flew past, its wings whirring.
  那只鸟飞了过去，翅膀发出呼呼的声音。
• A whirring whistle: goal.
  一阵打嘟噜的哨子声，进球了。
• The forecasts have not changed since January: a reassuring consistency. That suggests that the economic machine is whirring away as it should.
  这些预测自1月以来没有变过，展现一种令人安心的一致性，似乎表明经济机器正在按照应有的节奏运转。
• 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。
• With the blades whirring, pour in juice or water to make the consistency you like.
  同时可添加果汁或者水，调节浓稠度。
• Last year he took a shine to a blue helicopter and flew towards its whirring blades each time it came into land at Jersey airport.
  去年他喜欢上了一架蓝色的直升机，每当飞机着陆在泽西岛机场时，他都会兴冲冲地飞向还在盘旋中的螺旋桨。