English Dictionary

birl

IPA（発音記号）

/bɝl/

動詞

スコットランド英語 自動詞 他動詞

(transitive, intransitive, Scotland) To spin. / (transitive) To cause (a floating log) to rotate by treading on it. / (transitive) To throw down a coin as one's share in a joint contribution.

日本語の意味

回す / 回転させる / （水面に浮いている丸太など）を足で踏んで回転させる / 共同出資において各自の分け前として硬貨を投げ入れる

At the ceilidh, the experienced dancer birled her partner effortlessly.

スコットランドの社交舞踏会で、熟練した踊り手はパートナーを軽々と回した。

意味（1）

(transitive, intransitive, Scotland) To spin.

About nine in the morning, in a burst of wintry sun between two squalls of hail, I had my first look of Holland - a line of windmills birling in the breeze.

意味（2）

(transitive) To cause (a floating log) to rotate by treading on it.

That's nothing! my companion repressed me, anybody can birl a log. Watch this. Roaring Dick for the first time unfolded his arms. With some appearance of caution he balanced his unstable footing into absolute immobility. Then he turned a somersault.

意味（3）

(transitive) To throw down a coin as one's share in a joint contribution.

birls （ present singular third-person ）

birling （ participle present ）

birled （ participle past ）

birled （ past ）