swirl

n. 漩涡；打旋；涡状形

vi. 盘绕；打旋；眩晕；大口喝酒

vt. 使成漩涡

中文词源

swirl 打旋，打转，起漩涡

可能来自辅音丛 sw-,弯，转，摇摆，摇晃，比较 swing,sway,sweep,swipe.引申诸相关词义。

swirl (v.): 1510s (transitive), with an isolated instance from 14c.; from swirl (n.). Intransitive sense "form in eddies, whirl in eddies" is from 1755. Related: Swirled; swirling.
swirl (n.): early 15c., "whirlpool, eddy," originally Scottish, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to dialectal Norwegian svirla or Dutch zwirrelen "to whirl." The meaning "whirling movement" is from 1818.

1. whirl => swirl.2. swirl 很可能与whirl 同源，或者就是源于 whirl, s- (intensive s-) + whirl => swirl.3. 谐音“是涡儿哦”----漩涡、涡旋哦。

3. The car raced roughly along in a swirl of pink dust.: 汽车在一股粉红色尘土的漩涡中颠簸着快速前进.

4. You could lie up there, watching the flakes swirl past.: 你可以躺在那儿, 看着雪花飘飘.