spin1 /spɪn/ ●●●S3 verb (past tensepst and past participleppspun /spʌn/, present participle spinning)
1turn around 旋转 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TURN to turn around and around very quickly, or to make something do this (使)快速旋转
The plane’s propellers were spinning.
飞机的螺旋桨在快速旋转。
spin (something/somebody) around
She grabbed Norm’s arm and spun him around to face her.
她抓住诺姆的胳膊将他转过来面对她。
2somebody’s head is spinning (also the room is spinning)CONFUSEDILL if your head or the room is spinning, you feel as if you might faint (=become unconscious) because you are shocked, excited, or drunk 〔因震惊、兴奋或醉酒〕某人头都晕了,某人感到天旋地转
I was pouring with sweat, and my head was spinning.
我大汗淋漓,头晕目眩。
The room started to spin.
房间开始旋转。
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somebody’s head is spinning• My shirt is soaked through, my head is spinning.
3situation/information 情况/信息 [transitiveT] to describe a situation or information in a way that is intended to influence the way people think about it – used especially about what politicians or business people do 有倾向地陈述〔尤用于指政客和商人所做的事〕
Supporters attempted to spin the bill’s defeat to their advantage.
支持者试图用对自己有利的说法来解释议案被否决一事。
4spin a tale/story/yarnLIE/TELL A LIEto tell a story, especially using a lot of imagination 编造故事
She spun a story about a trip to Athens to meet one of the authors.
她编了一个故事,说是去雅典见了其中的一位作者。
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spin a tale/story/yarn• He could spin a yarn, and you had to take what he said with a pinch of salt.• Joe was in top form, spinning stories, issuing pronunciamentos, droppingwitheringquips at every opportunity.• She liked to spin yarn, sing, and dance.
5.wool/cotton 羊毛/棉花 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TIM to make cotton, wool etc into thread by twisting it 将〔棉花、羊毛等〕纺成〔线〕,纺〔线〕
6drive 驾驶 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] writtenFAST/QUICK to drive or travel quickly 飞驰,疾驰SYN speed
spin past/along etc
Barbara spun past in her new sports car.
芭芭拉开着她那辆新跑车飞驰而过。
7spin your wheelsAmerican EnglishAmE to continue trying to do something without having any success 一直努力但毫无效果
I felt like I was just spinning my wheels trying to make him understand.
我感觉想要让他明白简直是在白费力气。
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spin your wheels• At the heart of all of the basic questions about normality we shall find we are spinning our wheels.• And so you staystuck, spinning your wheels, and getting angry or depressed.• I felt like I was just spinning my wheels trying to make him understand.
8.wet clothes 湿衣服 [transitiveT]British EnglishBrEDHC to get water out of clothes using a machine after you have washed them 〔用机器〕甩干;使脱水,旋干
9.insect 昆虫 [transitiveT]HBI if a spider or insectspins a web or cocoon, it produces thread to make it 〔蜘蛛〕吐丝结网;〔昆虫〕吐丝作茧
10spin offphrasal verbphr vBBCto make part of a company into a separate and partly independent company, or to become a separate company (使)从〔原来公司〕脱离出去
spin something ↔ off
At the time of the merger, Loral spun off its space divisions into a separate firm.
a)LONG TIME spin something ↔ outBritish EnglishBrE to make something continue for longer than is necessary 〔不必要地〕拖长,拖延SYN drag out
I’m paid by the hour, so I spin the work out as long as I can.
我拿计时工资,所以我就尽量把工作拖长。
b)spin something ↔ outSPEND MONEYBritish EnglishBrE to use money, food etc as carefully and slowly as possible, because you do not have very much of it 尽可能延长使用〔钱、食物等〕
spin something ↔ out over
I’ve only got £10 left, so we’ll have to spin it out over the whole week.
我只剩 10 英镑,所以我们必须省着用,过完这一周。
c)American EnglishAmE if a car spins out, the driverlosescontrol of it and the car spins around 〔汽车〕打滑失控
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spin out• Well, the lawyers always spin it out don't they -- that's how they make their money!• We were paid by the hour, so I spun out the work for as long as I could.
spin (something/somebody) around• He grabbed the wall for balance, and it spun him around.• We watched you bumble after pigeons, squeal as sun and air and Humber spun you around.• You two being newlyweds, she just spun him around and aimed him at me.• Delaney spun her around - and gagged.• By this time, Agent Price had also spun his car around and was headed southeast toward Oglala.• All the heavymaterials came from junkspinning somewhere around in the solar system.• She spun me around, lifted Janir out of the carrier and immediately opened her shirt.• It is like the mind spinning a cocoon around the I and Thou.
spin past/along etc• The world could not spin past these dry, hot days.
1turning 旋转 [countableC]TURN an act of turning around quickly 快速旋转
the Earth’s spin
地球的自转
The Russian skater finished her routine with a series of spins.
这名俄罗斯滑冰运动员以一连串的快速旋转结束了全套动作。
2car 汽车 [singular] informalTRAVEL a short trip in a car for pleasure 〔乘车〕兜风SYN drive
Let’s go for a spin in the country.
我们开车到乡下去兜兜风吧。
Do you want to take my car for a spin?
你想开我的车去兜兜风吗?
3.ball 球 [uncountableU]DS if you put spin on a ball in a game such as tennis or cricket, you deliberately make the ball turn very quickly so that it is difficult for your opponent to hit 〔网球、板球等的〕旋转(球)
4information 消息 [singular, uncountableU]PERSUADE the way someone, especially a politician or business person, talks about information or a situation, especially in order to influence the way people think about it 〔尤指政客或商人的〕导向性陈述,带倾向性的说法
They tried to put a positive spin on the sales figures.
5.aircraft 飞机 [singular] if an aircraft goes into a spin, it falls suddenly, turning around and around 〔往下〕旋冲,快速螺旋下降
6in/into a (flat) spinCONFUSEDWORRIEDif you are in a spin, you are very confused and anxious 陷入恐慌,变得惊慌失措
The sudden fall on the stock market sent brokers into a spin.
股市突然下跌使经纪人惊慌失措。
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in/into a (flat) spin• But Yoyo, just frozenin a spin, happens to look up and see him.• Incidentally, if an aircraft is very difficult to get into a spin, it also may be very difficult to recover.• After decentdousing on SplashMountain, need to go into spincycle to dry off.• EuroDisney, ahead of Thursday's figures, was in a spin.• At four hundred feet he hadn't enough altitude from which he could recover if he went into a spin.• The tundras will drag you into a spin.
7.WET CLOTHES 湿衣服give something a spinBritish EnglishBrEDHC to turn clothes around very fast in a machine to remove water from them 〔用机器〕给衣服脱水,把衣服甩干
take ... for a spin• He woke at tea time and took Lily for a spin in the car.• She was obviously impatient to be taken out for a spin even though there was hardly puff enough to stir her anemometer.• Car joy: Prince Charles presented a £54,000 hi-techvan to disabled man who then took him for a spin.• I'd like to take it for a spin.
put a ... spin on• A win will prove them wrong and put a whole new spin on this season.• He puts a good spin on things.• Rule No. 1 of scandalhunting is that you must not put an obviously partisan spin on things.• They sat in ragged groups at their foxholes, some of them silent, others putting moral spin on the day.• Washington was also eager to put its own spin on the news it was imparting.• Another liberty Webster extended to himself was putting his own spin ondefinitions.
From Longman Business Dictionary
spinspin /spɪn/ verb (past tensepst and past participleppspun /spʌn/, present participle spinning)