1. (使)旋转
    If something spins or if you spin it, it turns quickly around a central point.

spin的解释

    e.g. The latest discs, used for small portable computers, spin 3600 times a minute...
           用在小型便携式计算机上的最新光盘转速为每分钟 3,600 转。
    e.g. The Earth spins on its own axis...
           地球绕着地轴自转。

2. (用甩干机或洗衣机)甩干（衣服），给…脱水
    When you spin washing, it is turned round and round quickly in a spin drier or a washing machine to get the water out.

spin在线翻译

    e.g. Just spin the washing and it's nearly dry.
           只需要将洗好的衣物脱水，它就差不多干了。

3. (因醉酒、生病或兴奋而)头晕
    If your head is spinning, you feel unsteady or confused, for example because you are drunk, ill, or excited.

    e.g. My head was spinning from the wine...
           我喝了葡萄酒后晕乎乎的。
    e.g. All those figures make my poor head spin.
           那么多数字把我搞得头昏脑胀。

4. 带倾向性的解释(或说法)
    If someone puts a certain spin on an event or situation, they interpret it and try to present it in a particular way.

    e.g. He interpreted the vote as support for the constitution and that is the spin his supporters are putting on the results today.
           他把这次投票解释为对宪法的支持，这也是他的支持者对今天的投票结果所作的解释。
    e.g. ...the wholly improper political spin given to the report, particularly by The New York Times.
           报道中带有的根本不恰当的政治倾向，特别是《纽约时报》的报道

5. (政治上的)倾向性报道
    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.

spin的解释

    e.g. The public is sick of spin and tired of promises. It's time for politicians to act.
           公众厌烦了那些有倾向性的报道和种种许诺。该是用政绩说话的时候了。

6. (乘车)兜风
    If you go for a spin or take a car for a spin, you make a short journey in a car just to enjoy yourself.

spin在线翻译

7. 杜撰;虚构;编造
    If someone spins a story, they give you an account of something that is untrue or only partly true.

    e.g. He was surprised, and annoyed that she had spun a story which was too good to be condemned as a simple lie.
           他很惊讶，也很生气，因为她编的故事太真实了，甚至不能被斥为一个简单的谎言。

8. 纺纱;纺线
    When people spin, they make thread by twisting together pieces of a fibre such as wool or cotton using a device or machine.

    e.g. Michelle will also spin a customer's wool fleece to specification at a cost of $2.25 an ounce.
           米歇尔也会按顾客的要求为其纺羊毛呢，每盎司收费 2.25 美元。

9. (飞机的)螺旋式急遽下坠，向下旋冲
    If a plane goes into a spin, it falls very rapidly towards the ground in a spiral movement.

10. (网球或板球运动中球的）快速旋转，旋转运动
      In a game such as tennis or cricket, if you put spin on a ball, you deliberately make it spin rapidly when you hit it or throw it.

spin的近义词

11. 感到惊慌失措
      If you say that someone is in a spin or in a flat spin, you mean that they are confused and unable to act sensibly because of something that has happened.

      e.g. Poor Jane was in rather a spin about the party.
             可怜的简对这次聚会真有些不知所措。

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