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单词 whirligig
释义
whirligig
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɜː.li.ɡɪɡ/us
/ˈwɝː.li.ɡɪɡ/
atoythatspins
旋转式玩具；旋转木马；陀螺
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something that isfulloffastactivityand alwayschanging:
快速运动的事物；不断变化的事物
Theplayhas the whirlilgigactivityof afarce.这出剧有一系列不断转换的滑稽可笑的场景。
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(Definition ofwhirligigfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwhirligig

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They may be putting themselves on awhirligigof their own contrivance which will be painful in years to come.
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Thewhirligigof time will bring its revenge.
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We need to persuade them that the current chaoticwhirligigof chaotic expedients is not enough.
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Thewhirligigof time has brought about a different state of affairs.
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One never knows, in thewhirligigof political affairs, how these things are going to change.
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In thewhirligigof time we never know where our friendships and where our enmities may be.
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How thewhirligigof time brings changes!
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Thewhirligigof time brings its vengeance.
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Thewhirligigof time brings strange events.
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If the bakers get a rise and recoup themselves out of price increases instantly off-set by subsidies, we shall be moving from a spiral to awhirligig.
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Now thewhirligighas gone round to such an extent that you put on a tax which is far heavier that the amount of the rates you remitted.
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Members of this suborder are adephagans, a term which notably include ground beetles, tiger beetles, predacious diving beetles, andwhirligigbeetles.
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Female transgressors of the correct codes were forced to endure thewhirligig.
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The simplest and most common example of a wind-drivenwhirligigis the pinwheel.
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The motion needed to power a frictionwhirligigis very similar to rubbing sticks together to create fire.
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