gyration

英 [ˌdʒaɪəˈreɪʃən]

美 [dʒaɪˈreɪʃən]

n.  旋转（运动）；回转（旋）；环动

复数：gyrations　

TOEFL医学

BNC.34085 / COCA.26430

柯林斯词典

• VERB （人）旋转，转动
  If yougyrate, you dance or move your body quickly with circular movements.
  1. The woman began to gyrate to the music.
     这位女子开始随着音乐旋转。
  2. ...a room stuffed full of gasping, gyrating bodies.
     挤满了气喘吁吁、不停旋转的人的房间
• VERB 旋转；回旋
  Togyratemeans to turn round and round in a circle, usually very fast.
  1. The aeroplane was gyrating about the sky in a most unpleasant fashion.
     飞机在空中盘旋，令人不堪忍受。
• VERB （价格、货币等）剧烈波动，起伏不定
  If things such as prices or currenciesgyrate, they move up and down in a rapid and uncontrolled way.
  1. Interest rates began to gyrate up towards 20 per cent in 1980 and then down and up again.
     1980年利率开始攀升至20%，随后又起伏不定。

英英释义

noun

• the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
  Synonym:whirling
• a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
  1. the plane made three rotations before it crashed
  2. the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year
  Synonym:rotationrevolution

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