spin
verb
noun
spɪn verb
1
TURN AROUND
旋转
to turn around and around very quickly, or to make something do this （使）快速旋转 I,T
The plane’s propellers were spinning.
飞机的螺旋桨在快速旋转。
spin (sth/sb) around
She grabbed Norm’s arm and spun him around to face her.
她抓住诺姆的胳膊将他转过来面对她。
2
sb’s head is spinning the room is spinning
also 又作 if your head or the room is spinning, you feel as if you might FAINT (=become unconscious) because you are shocked, excited, or drunk 〔因震惊、兴奋或醉酒〕某人头都晕了，某人感到天旋地转
I was pouring with sweat, and my head was spinning.
我大汗如雨，感到头晕目眩。
The room started to spin.
我开始感到天旋地转起来。
3
SITUATION/INFORMATION
情况/信息
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 有倾向地陈述〔尤用于指政客和商人所做的事〕 T
Supporters attempted to spin the bill’s defeat to their advantage.
支持者试图用对自己有利的说法来解释议案的被否决。
4
spin a tale/story/yarn
to tell a story, especially using a lot of imagination 编造故事
She spun a story about a trip to Athens to meet one of the authors.
她编了一个故事，说是去雅典见了其中的一位作者。
5
WOOL/COTTON
羊毛/棉花
to make cotton, wool etc into thread by twisting it 将（棉花、羊毛等）纺成线，纺（线） I,T
6
DRIVE
驾驶
to drive or travel quickly [书面] 飞驰，疾驰; I always + adv/prep | written
[+ past/along etc ]
Barbara spun past in her new sportscar.
芭芭拉开着她的那辆新跑车飞驰而过。
7
spin your wheels
to continue trying to do something without having any success [美] 继续尝试但毫无效果 AmE
I felt like I was just spinning my wheels trying to make him understand.
我感觉想要让他明白简直是在白费力气。
8
WET CLOTHES
湿衣服
to get water out of clothes using a machine after you have washed them [英] 〔用机器〕甩干，使脱水，旋干 T | BrE
9
INSECT
昆虫
if a SPIDER or insect spins a WEB or COCOON , it produces thread to make it 〔蜘蛛〕吐丝结〔网〕;〔昆虫〕吐丝作〔茧〕 T
10 to make part of a company into a separate and partly independent company, or to become a separate company （使）从〔原来公司〕脱离出去
spin sth ↔ off
At the time of the merger, Loral spun off its space divisions into a separate firm.
合并时，罗拉公司让它的太空部脱离出去组成一家独立的公司。
[+ from ]
Lucent spun off from AT&T in 1995.
1995 年朗讯脱离美国电话电报公司。
11
spin sth out
↔ to make something continue for longer than is necessary [英] 〔不必要地〕拖长，拖延; BrE
I’m paid by the hour, so I spin the work out as long as I can.
我拿计时工资，所以我就尽量把工作拖长。
12
spin sth out
↔ to use money, food etc as carefully and slowly as possible, because you do not have very much of it [英] 尽可能延长使用〔钱、食物等〕 BrE
[+ over ]
I’ve only got £10 left, so we’ll have to spin it out over the whole week.
我只剩 10 英镑，所以我们必须省着用，得过完这一周才行。
13 if a car spins out, the driver loses control of it and the car spins around [美] 〔汽车〕打滑失控 AmE
noun
14
TURNING
旋转
an act of turning around quickly 快速旋转 C
the Earth’s spin
地球的自转
The Russian skater finished her routine with a series of spins.
这名俄罗斯滑冰运动员以一连串的快速旋转结束了全套动作。
15
CAR
汽车
a short trip in a car for pleasure [非正式] 〔乘车〕兜风; singular 单数 | informal
Let’s go for a spin in the country.
我们开车到乡下去兜兜风吧。
Do you want to take my car for a spin ?
你想开我的车去兜兜风吗？
16
BALL
球
if you put spin on a ball in a game such as tennis or CRICKET , you deliberately make the ball turn very quickly so that it is difficult for your opponent to hit 〔网球、板球等的〕旋转（球） U
17
INFORMATION
消息
the way someone, especially a politician or business person, talks about information or a situation, especially in order to influence the way people think about it 〔尤指政客或商人的〕导向性陈述，带倾向性的说法 singular 单数, U
They tried to put a positive spin on the sales figures.
他们试图对销售数字作乐观报道。
18
AIRCRAFT
飞机
if an aircraft goes into a spin, it falls suddenly, turning around and around 〔往下〕旋冲，快速螺旋下降 singular 单数
19
in/into a (flat) spin
if you are in a spin, you are very confused and anxious 陷入恐慌，变得惊慌失措
The sudden fall on the stockmarket sent brokers into a spin.
股市暴跌使经纪人惊慌失措。
20
WET CLOTHES
湿衣服
to turn clothes around very fast in a machine to remove water from them [英] 〔用机器〕给衣服脱水，把衣服甩一甩 BrE