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

• The sharp whirring or trilling sound made by some insects and birds, such as the grasshopper and partridge. birds singing, trees falling to the ground.
  颤鸣声，唧唧叫声尖锐的呼声或颤声，由一些昆虫和鸟发出，如蝗虫和鹧鸪鸟鸣声，树倒地声。
• 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。
• There was a whirring of machinery.
  有机器发出的嗡嗡声。
• The bird flew past, its wings whirring.
  那只鸟飞了过去，翅膀发出呼呼的声音。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• The whirring of the wind in the spokes is the only sound to be heard as women cyclists shoot across the Hsi-Lo Bridge that spans the biggest river mouth on Taiwan's western seaboard.
  当女自行车手们疾驰穿过横跨台湾西部沿海最大河口的西螺大桥（Hsi-LoBridge）时，唯一能听到的就是轮辐里传来的飕飕风声。
• 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。