quirlとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kwɝl/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /kwɜːl/
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)l

動詞

quirl (三人称単数 現在形 quirls, 現在分詞 quirling, 過去形および過去分詞形 quirled)

1. (chiefly dialectal, Southern US, Midland US) To curl or twirl, or twist or coil (up).
   • 1894, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Pembroke: A Novel, page 215:

     Ephraim clapped his hand to his side, and rolled his eyes agonizingly towards his mother, but she took no notice. She got some paper out of the cupboard, and Ephraim sat down and began quirling it into long spirals with a wretched sulky air.

Further reading

• “quirl” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• “quirl” (US) / “quirl” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.