whir
- IPA[(h)wər]
美式
- (especially of a machine or a bird's wings) make a low, continuous, regular sound
- a low, continuous, regular sound
verb: whir, 3rd person present: whirs, gerund or present participle: whirring, past tense: whirred, past participle: whirred
noun: whir, plural noun: whirs
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. (especially of a machine or a bird's wings) make a low, continuous, regular sound the ceiling fans whirred in the smoky air
名詞
- 1. a low, continuous, regular sound the whir of the projector
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- IPA[wəː]
英式
- (of something rapidly rotating or moving to and fro) make a low, continuous, regular sound: the ceiling fans whirred in the smoky air
- a whirring sound: the whir of the projector
Oxford Dictionary