Spin

(noun.) a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion); 'the campaign put a favorable spin on the story'.

(noun.) a short drive in a car; 'he took the new car for a spin'.

(noun.) the act of rotating rapidly; 'he gave the crank a spin'; 'it broke off after much twisting'.

(noun.) a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile).

(verb.) prolong or extend; 'spin out a visit'.

(verb.) twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation; 'The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing'.

(verb.) work natural fibers into a thread; 'spin silk'.

(verb.) form a web by making a thread; 'spiders spin a fine web'.

(verb.) make up a story; 'spin a yarn'.

(verb.) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; 'The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy'.

(verb.) stream in jets, of liquids; 'The creek spun its course through the woods'.

卡莱尔编辑

• Bare logic, however important in arranging and criticizing existing subject matter, cannot spin new subject matter out of itself. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• A man had to either spin or stay outside. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• They make that long sharp end the bow, and you can imagine how these boiling currents spin it about. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• You spin out your explanation as Moses spins out his sermons. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• One person with one of Hargreaves' machines could in the same time spin as much as twenty or thirty persons with their wheels. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• We are beginning to spin along with that old suit at last, I promise you. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Two men, Wyatt and Paul, of Birmingham, had earlier built a machine to spin stronger yarn than that usually used, but their machine had shown many defects, and they had abandoned its use. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• He was, out of all sight (as I remember him), the nicest boy that ever spun a top or broke a window. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• They spun on the left foot, and kept themselves going by passing the right rapidly before it and digging it against the waxed floor. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Percolators of this type are made by the manufacturer from sheet copper spun in perfect shape, and also aluminum spun. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Simultaneously the little boat spun around and shot out toward the Gulf Stream like an agitated and very erratic rocket, flinging great sheets of spray high into the air as it sped. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• When I have spun the web they may take the flies, but not before. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Prior to the invention of the _spinning-jenny_, the loose fibre was spun into yarns and thread by hand on the old-fashioned spinning wheel, each thread requiring the attention of one person. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• American hemp was used, this softer fiber being spun by hand long after Manila hemp was spun by machines. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• V ARKWRIGHT AND THE SPINNING-JENNY 1732-1792 All the great English inventors have sprung from families of small means, and have had to work for their living. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Although the cotton is now a white, soft, clean, downy sheet, still the fibres cross each other in every direction, and they require to be straightened and laid parallel before the spinning. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• This improvement put weaving ahead of spinning, and the weavers were continually calling on the spindlers for more weft yarns. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He was determined to make a fortune out of cotton-spinning, and he did, in spite of the loss of his patents, and the rivals who were always pursuing him. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• I judged him to be about my own age, but he was much taller, and he had a way of spinning himself about that was full of appearance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The spinning machine is simply an improved form of Crompton's mule, already described. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• A modern step of importance in spinning was the _ring frame_. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• This odd little symbol spins gaily round the world; it seems incredible that men would have invented and made a pet of it twice over. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• You spin out your explanation as Moses spins out his sermons. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It rows, it pumps, it excavates, it carries, it draws, it lifts, it hammers, it spins, it weaves, it prints. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• A German box--very pretty, but if it falls it always spins away as far as it can. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• One electric generator there is 11 feet 7 inches in diameter and spins around at the rate of 250 revolutions a minute. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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