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| 1 | I to turn round and round quickly 旋转 |
| The Earth spins on its axis. 地球绕地轴旋转。 |
| The kids were spinning in circles, making themselves dizzy. 孩子们在转圈，弄得自己晕头转向。 |
| | 1a | T to make something turn round and round 使旋转；转动 | | Spin the wheel with your hand. 用手转动一下轮子。 | |
| | 1b | I when a washing machine spins, it squeezes water out of the clothes by turning the drum round and round quickly （洗衣机）旋转脱水 | |
| | 1c | I to turn around quickly 快速转身 | | She spun round to face him. 她快速转过身面向他。 | |
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| 2 | I/T to twist fibres of a material such as cotton or wool into thread to make cloth 纺（线、羊毛等） |
| She spins all her own wool. 她所有的羊毛都是自己纺的。 |
| She taught me how to spin. 她教我如何纺线。 |
| | 2a | T if an insect or spider spins something such as a web , it makes it from thread that it produces in its body （昆虫）吐丝；（蜘蛛）结网 | | The class watched the caterpillar spin its cocoon. 全班同学看着毛虫吐丝作茧。 | |
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| 3 | I if your head spins, you feel confused or ill （头脑）感到困惑（或眩晕） |
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| 4 | T informal to present information in a particular way , especially in a way that makes something seem good or less bad （尤指）美化，粉饰 |
| How do you think the candidate will spin this story? 你认为这位候选人会怎样粉饰这个传闻？ |
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| 5 | I +past/by/away to go somewhere quickly in a car , on a bicycle etc （驾车、骑车等）疾驰 |
| A car went spinning past us. 一辆车从我们身边疾驰而过。 |
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| 6 | T mainly literary to tell a story in an interesting and exciting way 精彩地讲（故事） |
| spin a tale/yarn/story 趣味横生地讲故事 |
| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˌspin ˈoff |
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| 1 | to create something new based on something else that already exists 派生出 |
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| 2 | to make part of a company into a new independent company 从（现有的公司）派生出（独立的新公司） |
| - | ˌspin ˈout |
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| | to make something last for a long time , usually longer than is good or necessary 拖长；拖延 | I tried to spin things out until you arrived. 我尽量拖延到你来。 | |
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