1
- move or cause to move rapidly round and round（使）急转, （使）飞转; （使）回旋, （使）打转：
no obj. leaves whirled in eddies of wind树叶在风的旋涡中飞转
with obj. I whirled her round the dance hall.我带着她在舞池里翩翩起舞。
1.1
- move or cause to move rapidly（使）急走; （使）飞跑; （使）急驶; （使）飞速移动：
no obj., with adverbial of direction Sybil stood waving as they whirled past当他们飞驰而过时, 西比尔站着向他们挥手
with obj. and adverbial of direction he was whirled into the bushes.他被甩进了灌木丛。
1.2
- no obj.(of the head, mind, or senses) seem to spin round（头）发晕; （思维, 感觉）变混乱：
Kate made her way back to the office, her mind whirling.
凯特头脑一片恍惚地走回办公室。
1.3
- no obj. with adverbial of direction(of thoughts or mental images) follow each other in bewildering succession（思绪, 脑中影像）接连不断, 纷至沓来：
a kaleidoscope of images whirled through her brain.
纷繁的影像在她的脑海中接二连三地闪过。
in sing.
1- a rapid movement round and round回旋, 旋转; 急转, 飞转。
1.1
- frantic activity of a specified kind混乱; 狂热的活动：
the event was all part of the mad social whirl.
这个事件充其量只是疯狂而纷繁的社交活动的一部分。
1.2
- with obj. or noun modifier a specified kind of sweet or biscuit with a spiral shape螺旋状的糖果（或饼干）：
a hazelnut whirl.
螺旋形榛子饼干。
短语
give something a whirl
- informal give something a try〈非正式〉尝试, 试试看。
in a whirl
- in a state of confusion在混乱中。
派生词
whirler
nounwhirlingly
adverb词源
Middle English: the verb probably from Old Norse hvirfla 'turn about'; the noun partly from Middle Low German， Middle Dutch wervel 'spindle'， or from Old Norse hvirfill 'circle'， from a Germanic base meaning 'rotate'.