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birl
verb[ I or T ]
Scottish Englishuk /bɜːl/ us /bɝːl/
to turn or spin; to make someone do this: （使）快速转动
The great historian must be birling in his grave (= would be very angry or upset) at this news.这位伟大的历史学家要是听到这个消息，一定会气得在坟墓里翻过身来。
the whirl of the kilt as men birl their ladies 男士带着女伴旋转起舞时飞旋的苏格兰百褶裙
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Revolving, rotating and spinning
around
around and aroundidiom
backspin
centrifugal
eddy
reel
rotary
rotate
rotation
rotational
rotative
spin
spiral
swim
swing
swizzle
twirl
twirling
twirly
underspin
Examples of birl
birl
Suddenly with one accord they commenced to birl the log from left to right.
From Project Gutenberg
Scottish children put a small pea into the cavity before replacing it into the tube of bark to make it "birl" when blown--this is a great improvement.
From Project Gutenberg
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