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V-ERG
(使)旋轉
If something spins or if you spin it, it turns quickly around a central point.
例句
The latest discs, used for small portable computers, spin 3600 times a minute...
用在小型便攜式計算機上的最新光盤轉速為每分鐘 3,600 轉。
The Earth spins on its own axis...
地球繞著地軸自轉。
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VERB
(用甩干機或洗衣機)甩干（衣服），給…脫水
When you spin washing, it is turned round and round quickly in a spin drier or a washing machine to get the water out.
例句
Just spin the washing and it's nearly dry.
只需要將洗好的衣物脫水，它就差不多干了。
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VERB
(因醉酒、生病或興奮而)頭暈
If your head is spinning, you feel unsteady or confused, for example because you are drunk, ill, or excited.
例句
My head was spinning from the wine...
我喝了葡萄酒后暈乎乎的。
All those figures make my poor head spin.
那么多數字把我搞得頭昏腦脹。
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N-SING
帶傾向性的解釋(或說法)
If someone puts a certain spin on an event or situation, they interpret it and try to present it in a particular way.
例句
He interpreted the vote as support for the constitution and that is the spin his supporters are putting on the results today.
他把這次投票解釋為對憲法的支持，這也是他的支持者對今天的投票結果所作的解釋。
...the wholly improper political spin given to the report, particularly by The New York Times.
報道中帶有的根本不恰當的政治傾向，特別是《紐約時報》的報道
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N-UNCOUNT
(政治上的)傾向性報道
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.
例句
The public is sick of spin and tired of promises. It's time for politicians to act.
公眾厭煩了那些有傾向性的報道和種種許諾。該是用政績說話的時候了。
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N-SING
(乘車)兜風
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.
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VERB
杜撰;虛構;編造
If someone spins a story, they give you an account of something that is untrue or only partly true.
例句
He was surprised, and annoyed that she had spun a story which was too good to be condemned as a simple lie.
他很驚訝，也很生氣，因為她編的故事太真實了，甚至不能被斥為一個簡單的謊言。
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VERB
紡紗;紡線
When people spin, they make thread by twisting together pieces of a fibre such as wool or cotton using a device or machine.
例句
Michelle will also spin a customer's wool fleece to specification at a cost of $2.25 an ounce.
米歇爾也會按顧客的要求為其紡羊毛呢，每盎司收費 2.25 美元。
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N-SING
(飛機的)螺旋式急遽下墜，向下旋沖
If a plane goes into a spin, it falls very rapidly towards the ground in a spiral movement.
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N-UNCOUNT
(網球或板球運動中球的）快速旋轉，旋轉運動
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.
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PHRASE
感到驚慌失措
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.
例句
Poor Jane was in rather a spin about the party.
可憐的簡對這次聚會真有些不知所措。