spin 1 S3 / spɪn / 动词 ( past tense and past participle spun / spʌn / , present participle spinning )

1 turn around [不及物和及物动词] to turn around and around very quickly, or to make something do this :

The plane’s propellers were spinning.

spin (something/somebody) around

She grabbed Norm’s arm and spun him around to face her.

2 sb’s head is spinning ( also the room is spinning ) if your head or the room is spinning, you feel as if you might faint (= become unconscious ) because you are shocked, excited, or drunk :

I was pouring with sweat, and my head was spinning.

The room started to spin.

3 situation/information [及物动词] to describe a situation or information in a way that is intended to influence the way people think about it – used especially about what politicians or business people do :

Supporters attempted to spin the bill’s defeat to their advantage.

4 spin a tale/story/yarn to tell a story, especially using a lot of imagination :

She spun a story about a trip to Athens to meet one of the authors.

5 wool/cotton [不及物和及物动词] to make cotton, wool etc into thread by twisting it

6 drive [ intransitive always + 副词 / 介词 ] written to drive or travel quickly 同义词 speed

spin past/along etc

Barbara spun past in her new sports car.

7 spin your wheels American English to continue trying to do something without having any success :

I felt like I was just spinning my wheels trying to make him understand.

8 wet clothes [及物动词] British English to get water out of clothes using a machine after you have washed them

9 insect [及物动词] if a spider or insect spins a web or cocoon , it produces thread to make it

spin off 短语动词

to make part of a company into a separate and partly independent company, or to become a separate company

spin something ↔ off

At the time of the merger, Loral spun off its space divisions into a separate firm.

spin off from

Lucent spun off from AT&T several years ago.

→ spin-off ( 2 )

THESAURUS

turn to move around a central or fixed point : The wheels of the train began to turn.

go around ( also go round British English ) to turn around a central point. Go around is a little more informal than turn and is very common in everyday English : When the fan goes around, the warm air is pushed back downwards.

revolve/rotate to turn around and around a central point. Rotate and revolve are more formal than turn and sound more technical : The Earth rotates on its axis once every twenty-four hours. | The stage revolves at various points during the performance.

spin to turn around many times very quickly : The ice skater began to spin faster and faster.

whirl / wɜl $ wɜrl / to spin around extremely quickly, often in a powerful or uncontrolled way : The blades of the helicopter whirled overhead.

twirl (around) to spin around quickly, especially as part of a dance or performance : The couples were twirling around on the dance floor.

swirl (around) to move around quickly in a circular movement, especially when the movement goes outwards or upwards from the center : Her white skirt swirled around her legs as she danced. | The leaves began to swirl around.

spiral to move in a continuous curve that gets nearer to or further from its central point as it goes around : The smoke spiralled toward the ceiling.

spin out 短语动词

1 spin something ↔ out British English to make something continue for longer than is necessary 同义词 drag out :

I’m paid by the hour, so I spin the work out as long as I can.

2 spin something ↔ out British English to use money, food etc as carefully and slowly as possible, because you do not have very much of it

spin something ↔ out over

I’ve only got £10 left, so we’ll have to spin it out over the whole week.

3 American English if a car spins out, the driver loses control of it and the car spins around