twirling
['twә:liŋ]
转动, 旋转
转动



Twirl \Twirl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twirled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Twirling}.] [Cf. AS. [thorn]wiril a churn staff, a stirrer,
flail, [thorn]weran, [=a][thorn]weran, to agitate, twirl, G.
zwirlen, quirlen, to twirl, to turn round or about, quirl a
twirling stick, OHG. dweran to twirl, stir. Cf. {Trowel}.]
To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and
turn rapidly with the fingers.

See ruddy maids,
Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.
--Dodsley.

No more beneath soft eve's consenting star
Fandango twirls his jocund castanet. --Byron.