1 [I,T] spin (sth) (round) to turn or to make sth turn round quickly (使)急速转动,快速旋转:
Mary spun round when she heard someone call her name.玛丽听见有人叫她的名字,连忙转过身来。 [T] to spin a ball/coin/wheel转动球╱硬币╱轮子
2 [I,T] to make thread from a mass of wool, cotton, etc 纺纱;纺线 ·
A spider spins a web.蜘蛛会结网。
3 [T] to remove water from clothes that have just been washed by turning them round and round very fast in a machine (洗衣机)旋干(衣服),脱水
spin sth out to make sth last as long as possible 使尽量延长或拖延
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/spɪn ||; spɪn/noun[C,U]
1 an act of making sth spin 旋转:
She put a lot of spin onthe ball.她发的球旋转得厉害。
2 (especially in politics) a way of talking publicly about a difficult situation, a mistake, etc that makes it sound positive for you (尤指政治)(对困难、错误等所作的)正面性解释
go/take sb for a spin to go/take sb out in a car or other vehicle (带着某人)驾车出去兜风
spin1/spIn; spIn/v past tense and past participle spun /spʌn; spʌn/present participle spinning 1 [I,T] to turn around very quickly, or to make something do this(使)快速旋转﹔(使)很快转身: spin (sb/sth) round/around She spun round to face him. 她猛地转过身来面对着他。He spun the rope around over his head. 他在头顶上甩着绳子。2 [I,T] to make cotton, wool etc into thread by twisting it together 将〔棉花﹑羊毛等〕纺成〔纱﹑线〕﹐纺〔纱﹑线〕3 [T] to get water out of wet clothes by making them turn round and round very quickly in a washing machine〔用洗衣机〕甩干〔衣服〕4 [T] if an insect spins a WEB or a COCOON , it produces the thread to make it〔蜘蛛〕吐丝结〔网〕﹔〔昆虫〕作〔茧〕spin sth out phr v to make something last as long as possible〔尽可能地〕拖延﹐拖长〔某事〕
spin2n 1 [C,U] when something turns round and round very quickly 快速旋转: The plane went into a spin. 飞机旋转了起来。2 [C] informal a short trip in a car for pleasure [ drive ] 【非正式】〔乘车〕兜风: Shall we go for a spin ? 我们开车兜风去好吗?3 [singular 单数, U] when someone talks about something in a way that makes it seem better than it really is, especially in politics〔尤指政治上〕倾向性的陈述[宣传]: He tried to put a positive spin on the situation. 他试图把形势说得比较积极乐观。
spinspinspinsspunspinningverb (spins, spinning, spun/, has spun)1to turn round quickly; to turn something round quickly: She spun round as he entered the room.Spin the wheel.2to make thread from wool or cotton: She spun and dyed the wool herself.3If a spider spins a web (= a thin net that it makes to catch flies), it produces thread from its own body to make it. see Picture Dictionary for video