Translation of "spin" - English-Mandarin Chinese dictionary

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uk /spɪn/ us /spɪn/ present participle spinning, past tense spun, past participle UK also span

spin verb (TURN)


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


The room started spinning and I felt faint. 我开始感觉天旋地转，头昏眼花。

More examples

  • The car spun on the ice.
  • The revolving door spun too fast and knocked him over.
  • He spun his partner around until she was dizzy.
  • The children spun the carousel round as fast as they could.

spin verb (MAKE 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 (sb) a story/tale/yarn

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。

spin verb (DRIVE)


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. 克里斯开着辆眩目的新车疾驰而过。


uk /spɪn/ us /spɪn/

spin noun (TURN)


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). 她打出的球飞速旋转。

spin noun (CHANGE IDEAS)


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。

spin noun (DRIVE)


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。


(Translation of “spin” from the Cambridge English-Chinese (Simplified) Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)