whirl

/wɜːrl/

意味: ぐるぐる回ること

例文: Momo spun in a dizzying whirl.
　　  モモがめまいがするほど回った。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: whirl around(ぐるぐる回る), whirl away(飛び去る), whirl of activity(活動の渦)

定義: 物や人が速く回転すること、またはその動き。風や水が渦を巻くように動くことも指します。頭が混乱するような状態を表すこともあります。

whirlは約1,000,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: confused movement
Noun: the shape of something rotating rapidly
Noun: a usually brief attempt
Noun: the act of rotating rapidly
Verb: turn in a twisting or spinning motion
Verb: cause to spin
Verb: flow in a circular current, of liquids
Verb: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one’s own axis
Verb: fly around

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

Leaves whirl in the autumn wind.(葉が秋の風で舞い上がる。)
She watched the dancers whirl gracefully.(彼女は踊り手が優雅に回るのを見た。)
The colors whirl in the spinning top toy.(こまのおもちゃで色がぐるぐる回る。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: he was caught up in a whirl of work
Noun: a commotion of people fought for the exits
Noun: he took a crack at it
Noun: I gave it a whirl
Noun: he gave the crank a spin
Noun: it broke off after much twisting
Verb: The leaves swirled in the autumn wind
Verb: spin a coin
Verb: The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
Verb: The clothes tumbled in the dryer
Verb: rising smoke whirled in the air

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): birl, commotion, convolution, crack, eddy, fling, go, gyrate, offer, pass, purl, reel, spin, spin around, swirl, tumble, twiddle, twirl, twist, twisting, vortex, whirl, whirl around, whirlpool

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): attempt, move, movement, revolve, rotate, rotation, round shape, run

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): approach, arouse, assume, batting, beat, bending, best, bid, birl, bob, bolt, brownian movement, brush, buck, bulb, bustle, cant, careen, change of location, chop, churn, circulate, circumvolution, climb, close, coil, cone, contribution, crack, crank, crash, crustal movement, cut, cut to, cylinder, dance, deflection, disk, diverge, dodge, drain, drop back, duck, eddy, essay, exit, falter, feather, fidget, flex, flinch, fling, flip, flow, flurry, flush, fly, foray, get down, grab, gravitate, gutter, gyration, heave, hit the dirt, hop, hop on, jerk, jet, jitter, jolt, jump, liberation, linger, list, lunge, lurch, make way, mill, mope, move back and forth, move involuntarily, move over, mug’s game, nod, passing, periodic motion, pivot, pour, power play, pronation, pulsate, putter, quicken, reach, reciprocate, recoil, rim, roll, run, run down, screw, seek, seeking, seep, seesaw, separate, shake, shot, sidle, slip, snap, sphere, spheroid, spill, spin, spiral, spread, squeeze, startle, steal, stir, streak, stream, stretch, strike out, striving, struggle, stumble, supination, sweep, swoop, takeover attempt, teeter, test, throw, thunder, tide, torus, trickle, turn, turning, turnout, twirl, twist, undulation, vibrate, wallow, wamble, waste, wave, wheel, whirl, wind, wobble, worst, writhe

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): birling, pirouette, whirligig

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: eddy, gyration, spin, spinner, swirl, twiddle, twirl, twirler, twist, whirl, whirler, whirling, whirlpool

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: literary

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive, online

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun, uncountable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Holes

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: