whir
- v. 发出连续的呼呼声或嗡嗡声；呼呼作声地快速转动或飞行（亦作 whirr）
- n. （机器等发出的）连续的呼呼声、嗡嗡声或飕飕声（亦作 whirr）
[ 复数 whirs 第三人称单数 whirs 现在分词 whirring 过去式 whirred 过去分词 whirred ]
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
whir /wɜː/ (also whirr) ( whirring, whirred, whirs )
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V-I When something such as a machine or an insect's wing whirs, it makes a series of low sounds so quickly that they seem like one continuous sound. 发出嗡嗡声
例：The camera whirred and clicked.
相机发出嗡嗡声和喀嚓声。
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2.
N-COUNT/SOUND Whir is also a noun. 嗡嗡声
例：He could hear the whir of a vacuum cleaner.
他能听到吸尘器的嗡嗡声。
双语例句权威例句
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He could hear the whir of a vacuum cleaner.
他能听到吸尘器的嗡嗡声。
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Even when the car is off and locked, these fans whir around, so when you step back into it you don't need to crank up the power-hungry air conditioning.
即使在汽车熄火及锁着的时候，这些冷却风扇也在呼呼旋转着，所以当你回到车内时，你无需开大耗电的空调。
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With my face close to the screened window, I lay in the darkness, listening to the sounds of summer: the ripple of the creek, the loud whir and chirp of cicadas and tree frogs.
我脸挨着纱窗，静静地躺在黑暗中，聆听着夏日的种种声响：溪水潺潺，蛙鸣蝉噪。
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