swirl

verb

/swɜːl/

/swɜːrl/

[intransitive, transitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they swirl	/swɜːl/ /swɜːrl/
he / she / it swirls	/swɜːlz/ /swɜːrlz/
past simple swirled	/swɜːld/ /swɜːrld/
past participle swirled	/swɜːld/ /swɜːrld/
-ing form swirling	/ˈswɜːlɪŋ/ /ˈswɜːrlɪŋ/

to move around quickly in a circle; to make something do this（使）打旋，旋动，起漩涡
- (+ adv./prep.) The water swirled down the drain.水打着漩流进了下水道。
- A long skirt swirled around her ankles.她的长裙在脚踝旁边摆动。
- swirling mists缭绕的薄雾
- swirl something (+ adv./prep.) He took a mouthful of water and swirled it around his mouth.他含了一口水，漱了漱口。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Swirl is used with these nouns as the subject:
cloak
cloud
dust
…
Word Originlate Middle English (originally Scots in the sense ‘whirlpool’): perhaps of Low German or Dutch origin; compare with Dutch zwirrelen ‘to whirl’.

swirl

noun

/swɜːl/

/swɜːrl/

the movement of something that twists and turns in different directions and at different speeds打旋；旋动；漩涡
- The dancers left the stage in a swirl of skirts.舞者们穿着裙子离开舞台。
a pattern or an object that twists in circles螺旋形；漩涡状（物体）
- The material is yellow with blue swirls on it.该材料为黄色，上面有蓝色漩涡。
- The cakes were topped with swirls of cream.蛋糕上面涂满了奶油漩涡。

Word Originlate Middle English (originally Scots in the sense ‘whirlpool’): perhaps of Low German or Dutch origin; compare with Dutch zwirrelen ‘to whirl’.