whirligig

英 [ˈwɜːliɡɪɡ]

美 [ˈwɜːrliɡɪɡ]

n.  活跃多变的事物; 经常变换的东西; 变迁; 旋转木马

复数：whirligigs　

BNC.37306 / COCA.34905

牛津词典

noun

• 活跃多变的事物；经常变换的东西；变迁
  something that is very active and always changing
  1. the whirligig of fashion
     时尚的千变万化
• 旋转木马
  a merry-go-round at a fairground for children to ride on

英英释义

noun

• a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement
  Synonym:carouselcarrouselmerry-go-roundroundabout
• a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin
  1. he got a bright red top and string for his birthday
  Synonym:topteetotumspinning top

verb

• whirl or spin like a whirligig

双语例句

• Get off the whirligig of management fads.
  把管理狂热的奇怪念头撇到一边。
• However, the traditional teacher metaphor has been depicted the contemporary ideal image of teachers insufficiently with the whirligig of time and society and the improvement of teachers 'professional requirement.
  然而随着时代的发展、社会的变迁以及教师专业化要求的提高，传统的教师隐喻已不足以描绘当代理想的教师形象。
• Our feelings of happiness and sorrow are soon lost in the whirligig of time.
  我们感情上的悲欢会随着时间的流逝很快消失。
• According to Carl G Jung, both are the incarnations of Anima with kindness and evil, representing the whirligig of male aesthetic ideas over female images.
  按照荣格的原型理论，神女与狐妖都是阿尼玛原型的代表，带有善恶两重性，是古人对于女性人物“外端内媚”的双重要求。
• The whirligig of life [ time] The eyes themselves were of that baffling protean gray which is never twice the same.
  人世[时代]的变迁眸子是变幻莫测的灰色，时时在变化。
• The ancient doctor-patient relationship changes following the whirligig of time and society.
  古代医患关系因时代与社会的变迁而有所改变。
• Until finally, to complete the picture, the shadow of Sodom and Gomorrah unleashes the whirligig of loves between the same sex.
  最后，所多玛和蛾摩拉的阴影潜入，释放开了同性之爱旋动的陀螺，至此全图得以完整。
• The children and whirligig in a village's amusement park.
  孩子和乡村游乐场里的旋转木马。
• During its twenty-year-development, China music video, as a cultural phenomenon, is changing silently with the whirligig of China society.
  作为一种文化现象，中国音乐电视在中国大陆近二十年的发展历程中，随着中国社会的不断变迁，也在悄然的发生着变化。
• The whirligig of dozens and the pinnacle of seven.
  十二（进）的循环和七（进）的顶点。