| 词汇 | spin |
| 释义 | spin verb uk/spɪn/ us/spɪn/ spinning | spun | past participle span (TURN) C1 [ I or T ]（使）（尤指快速）旋转 to (cause to) turn around and around, especially fast The earth spins on its axis. 地球绕地轴旋转。 The roulette players silently watched the wheel spin around/round. 玩轮盘赌的玩家们默不作声地注视着轮盘旋转。 He was killed when his car hit a tree and spun off the road. 他的车撞在树上甩出路面，他因此而丧生。 Spin the ball (= make it turn around and around as you throw it) and it will change direction when it hits the ground. 把球旋转起来再抛出去，球触地时就会改变方向。 head/room spins 天旋地转;眩晕 If your head or the room spins, you feel as if it is turning around and around, and you cannot balance. The room started spinning and I felt faint. 我开始感觉天旋地转，头昏眼花。 All that legal language was starting to make my head spin. If the police see you, you'll be in a cell so fast, your head will spin. She shut her eyes, trying to stop the room spinning. When I tried to stand up, the room spun and David caught my arm.
(MAKE THREAD) [ I or T ]纺线;纺纱;纺织 to make thread by twisting fibres , or to produce something using thread The final stage of the production of cotton is when it is spun into thread. 棉线生产的最后一个阶段是把它纺成线。 Spiders spin webs. 蜘蛛结网。 spin (someone) a story/tale/yarn （为骗人或逗乐）杜撰故事，编造故事 to tell a story, either to deceive someone or for entertainment He spun some tale about needing to take time off work because his mother was ill. 他编了个瞎话，说他妈妈病了，他需要请假。 [ + two objects ] They spun us a story about being in desperate need of money. 他们编了个瞎话，说他们急需用钱。 She managed to spin a convincing yarn about why she was so late. He uses the images as a starting point from which to spin an enchanting story. The musical spins the story of an action-packed period in his life. (DRIVE) [ I + adv/prep ] informal（车辆）疾驰;驾车飞驰 (of a vehicle) to move quickly, or to move quickly in a vehicle We were spinning along, when suddenly one of our tyres burst. 我们车开得飞快，突然一个轮胎爆了。 Chris spun past in a flashy new car. 克里斯开着辆耀眼的新车疾驰而过。 Idioms spin a coinidiom 旋转硬币（以猜测哪面朝上） to make a coin turn around and around on its edge so that someone can guess that side will land facing upwards Let's spin a coin to decide who'll have the first turn. 我们转个硬币来决定谁先来。 Compare: toss noun (THROW) spin out of controlidiom （活动或事件）迅速失控 If activities or events spin out of control, they change very quickly and in an uncontrolled way. The country's economy seemed to be spinning out of control. 这个国家的经济似乎要失控了。 spin your wheelsidiom US informal 浪费时间;原地踏步 to waste time doing things that achieve nothing If we're just spinning our wheels, let us know and we'll quit. 如果我们只是在浪费时间，请告诉我们，然后我们会放弃的。 Phrasal verbs spin (someone) aroundC2 （使某人）迅速转身，猛转回头 to quickly turn your own or someone else's body to face the opposite direction She spun around to see what had happened. 她猛地转过身去，看看发生了什么事。 spin something off 派生出，衍生出 to produce a useful and unexpected result in addition to the intended result The American space program has spun off new commercial technologies. 美国的太空计划衍生出了新的商业技术。 Every new job that is created spins off three or four more in related fields. 每份新创的工作都能带动相关领域产生三四份新工作。 mainly US将…分离出来（组建新公司） to form a separate company from part of an existing company The company is trying to spin off part of its business. 这家公司正力图将一部分业务分离出来。 spin noun uk/spɪn/ us/spɪn/ (TURN) [ C or U ]旋转;转动 the movement of something turning round very quickly I hit something on the road, which sent the car into a spin. 我轧到了路面上的什么东西，整个车直打转。 Suddenly, the plane went into a spin. 突然，飞机开始不停地旋转。 These clothes need another spin (= to be turned round very fast in a machine to get water out of them) - they're still very wet. 这些衣服需要再甩一遍——它们还很湿呢。 She put a lot of spin on the ball (= threw or hit it in a way that made it spin). 她打出一个旋转力很强的球。 (CHANGE IDEAS) [ S or U ] informal（尤指政治上的）倾向性描述，导向性陈述 a way of describing an idea or situation that makes it seem better than it really is, especially in politics They have tried to put a positive spin on the situation. 他们尝试过将这个局面描述为具有正面意义。 This report puts a different spin on the issue. 这篇报道对这个问题作出了全然不同的倾向性描述。 (DRIVE) [ C usually singular ] old-fashioned informal（乘车）兜风 a short journey in a car for pleasure Rupert took me for a spin in his new car. 鲁珀特用他的新车载着我去兜了一圈。 Idiom in a spinidiom informal 急得团团转;晕头转向 worried and confused She's in a spin over the arrangements for the party. 她为了筹备聚会搞得晕头转向。 News of the director's resignation sent/threw the management into a spin. 主管辞职的消息使管理层陷入一片混乱。 |
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