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whirr

n.呼呼声

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whirr为短语/超纲词汇

whirr


v past tense and past participlewhirredpresent participlewhirring [I]

[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language]
to make a fairly quiet regular sound, like the sound of a bird or insect moving its wings very fast
 Helicopters whirred overhead.
>whirrn [C usually singular]
 the whirr of an electric motor