whir 中文意思是什麼

whir 解釋
n. 名詞 呼呼地飛或旋轉的聲音。
vi. 不及物動詞 ,vt. 及物動詞 (-rr-) (使)呼呼地飛[旋轉]。

  1. An immense flock of jackdaws rose above the walls and swept round in the air with loud caws, and the whir of thousands of wings

    圍墻上方驚起了一大群烏鴉,聒噪著,響亮地扇動著上千隻翅膀,在空中盤旋。
  2. There was a sudden whir as the airplane started its engines.

    飛機的發動機起動時,立即發出呼呼的聲響。
  3. By ten oclock some twenty men had been carried away from the battery ; two cannons had been disabled, and more and more frequently shells fell on the battery, and cannon balls came with a hiss and whir, flying out of the distance

    快到十點種的時候,有二十來人被抬出炮壘兩門炮被擊毀,炮彈越來越密集地落地炮壘上,遠方飛來的炮彈發出嗡嗡的呼嘯聲。
  4. Only the whir of the air conditioner broke the silence in the office

    打破辦公室內寂靜的,只有空氣調節機呼呼的轉動聲。
  5. Just as the foreman of a spinning - mill settles the work - people in their places, walks up and down the works, and noting any stoppage or unusual creaking or too loud a whir in the spindles, goes up hurriedly, slackens the machinery and sets it going properly, so anna pavlovna, walking about her drawing - room, went up to any circle that was pausing or too loud in conversation and by a single word or change of position set the conversational machine going again in its regular, decorous way

    像一個紡紗作坊的老闆,讓勞動者就位以後,便在作坊里踱來踱去,發現紡錘停止轉動,或者聲音逆耳,軋軋作響音量太大時,就趕快走去制動紡車,或者使它運轉自如安娜帕夫洛夫娜也是這樣處理事情的,她在自己客廳里踱來踱去,不時地走到寂然無聲或者談論過多的人群面前,開口說句話或者調動他們的坐位,於是又使談話機器從容不迫地文質彬彬地轉動起來。
  6. Wheels creak on their axles, and teeth bite into cogs, and blocks whir in rapid motion, while the next wheel stands as apathetic and motionless as though it were ready to stand so for a hundred years. but the momentum reaches itthe lever catches, and the wheel, obeying the impulse, creaks and takes its share in the common movement, the result and aim of which are beyond its ken

    輪軸上的輪發出吱吱的響聲,旋轉的滑輪因為迅速轉動而發出噝噝的響聲,鄰近的輪卻靜止不動,就像它會靜止幾百年似的,但到了開動的時刻,它被杠桿抓住了,於是就聽從運轉規律的支配,轉動時發出軋軋的響聲,融匯成一種它不理解其結果和目的的共同的轉動。
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