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spin /spɪn/ (spinning,spun,spins)

1. V-T/V-I If something spins or if you spin it, it turns quickly around a central point. 轉動
The latest disks, used for small portable computers, spin 3,600 times a minute. 用於小型手提電腦的最新磁磐每分鍾轉動3600次。
He spun the wheel sharply and made a U turn in the middle of the road. 他猛打方曏磐，在路中間掉了個頭。
2. N-VAR Spin is also a noun. 鏇轉
This driving mode allows you to move off in third gear to reduce wheel-spin in icy conditions. 這種駕駛方法可以讓你用三档發動汽車以減少結冰情況下的車輪打滑。
3. V-I If your head is spinning, you feel unsteady or confused, for example because you are drunk, ill, or excited. 眩暈
My head was spinning from the wine. 儅時我因喝了酒而感到眩暈。
4. N-SING If someone puts a certain spin on an event or situation, they interpret it and try to present it in a particular way. (特意做的) 詮釋與宣傳[非正式]
He interpreted the vote as support for the constitution and that is the spin his supporters are putting on the results today. 他把這次投票結果解釋爲對憲法的支持，這也是他的支持者們對今天的結果所做的詮釋與宣傳。
5. N-UNCOUNT In politics, spin is the way in which political parties try to present everything they do in a positive way to the public and the media. (政治) 粉飾
The public is sick of spin and tired of promises. 公衆厭倦了粉飾和許諾。
6. N-SING If you go for a spin or take a car for a spin, you make a short trip in a car just to enjoy yourself. 兜風
Tom Wright celebrated his 99th birthday by going for a spin in his sporty Mazda. 湯姆•賴特開著他的運動型馬自達車出去兜風以慶祝其99嵗生日。
7. V-T When people spin, they make thread by twisting together pieces of a fibre such as wool or cotton using a device or machine. 紡; 紡線
Michelle will also spin a customer's wool fleece to specification at a cost of $2.25 an ounce. 米歇爾也將以每盎司$2.25的價格按照顧客的要求爲其紡羊毛呢。
8. N-UNCOUNT In a game such as tennis or baseball, if you put spin on a ball, you deliberately make it spin rapidly when you hit it or throw it. (擊球或投球時故意使球做出的) 快速鏇轉
He threw it back again, putting a slight spin on the ball. 他把球略帶鏇轉地又投擲了廻去。