spinとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English spinnen, from 古期英語 spinnan, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-. Compare Low German spinnen, Dutch spinnen, German spinnen, Danish spinde, Swedish spinna.

動詞

spin (third-person singular simple present spins, present participle spinning, simple past and past participle spun or (一般的ではない用法) span or (一般的ではない用法) spinned)

1. (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.

   I spun myself around a few times.

   Spin the ball on the floor.

   She spun around and gave him a big smile.

   1. (aviation, of an aircraft) To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
   2. (aviation, of a pilot) To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
   • 1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Hiawatha’s Fasting”, in The Song of Hiawatha, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, page 76:

     Round about him spun the landscape, / Sky and forest reeled together, / And his strong heart leaped within him, / As the sturgeon leaps and struggles / In a net to break its meshes.

2. (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.

   They spin the cotton into thread.

   • 1718, Matthew Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World”, in Poems on Several Occasions, volume II, Dublin: George Grierson, published 1738, book I, page 115:

     Along the Sunny Bank, or Wat’ry Mead, / Ten thouſand Stalks their various Bloſſoms ſpread : / Peaceful and lowly in their native Soil, / They neither know to ſpin, nor care to toil ; / Yet with confeſs’d Magnificence deride / Our vile Attire, and Impotence of Pride.

3. (figuratively) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.

   Synonyms: whitewash, sugarcoat, put lipstick on, gild, blandish, dress up

   • 2006 February 9, “The Politics of Science”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], page A22:

     In every administration there will be spokesmen and public affairs officers who try to spin the news to make the president look good. But this administration is trying to spin scientific data and muzzle scientists toward that end.

   • 2021 July 31, Lisa Lerer; Nicholas Fandos, “Already Distorting Jan. 6, G.O.P. Now Concocts Entire Counternarrative”, in The New York Times‎^[2], ISSN 0362-4331:

     This past week […] Republicans completed their journey through the looking-glass, spinning a new counternarrative of that deadly day.

4. (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
5. (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
6. (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
7. To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
8. To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
9. To move swiftly.

   to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.

10. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.

    Blood spins from a vein.

    • 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene ii], page 86, column 1:

      Mount them, and make inciſion in their Hides, / That their hot blood may ſpin in Engliſh eyes, / And doubt them with ſuperfluous courage : ha.

11. (computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
12. (transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
    • 2002, CMJ New Music Report (volume 70, number 12)

      However, for the past six years he has been spinning his novel blend of progressive house and trance music and is finally on the brink of becoming the next luminary DJ.

13. (intransitive) To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
14. (UK, law enforcement, slang, transitive) To search rapidly.
    • 2013, Nick Oldham, Psycho Alley

      But then again, unless someone struck lucky in those first few hours, there weren't even enough detectives to spin a drum [house].

上位語

• revolve
• rotate
• turn

派生語

参考

• turn around

名詞

spin (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 spins)

1. Rapid circular motion.

   The car went into a spin.

   The skaters demonstrated their spins.

   He put some spin on the cue ball.

2. (physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
3. (countable, uncountable) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.

   Try to put a positive spin on the disappointing sales figures.

   The politician was mocked in the press for his reliance on spin rather than facts.

   • 2022 January 26, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Government's IRP claims condemned as "dishonest"”, in RAIL, number 949, page 7:

     He added: "We've always had spin, especially from Government. But this is not spin. This is dishonesty and so it's our rail media's urgent responsibility to call it out because non-specialist journalists across the country will report this and gradually these untruths will be accepted.

   Synonym: propaganda

4. (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
5. (aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning motion.
6. (mechanical engineering) An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating shaft and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
7. A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.

   I'm off out for a spin in my new sports car.

   • 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:

     Time is running out, so I renounce a spin on a Class 387 for a fast run to Paddington on another Class 800 - a shame as the weather was perfect for pictures. Even so, it's enjoyable - boy, can those trains shift under the wires.

8. A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
   • 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 1, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], OCLC 855945:

     She left him alone, and went to get Annie a spin of toffee.

9. A single play of a record by a radio station.
   • 1996, Billboard (volume 108, number 12, page 37)

     Although the Loveless title showed the smallest increase in airplay in the top 10, its number of detections outpaced the nearest bulleted title by more than 350 spins.

10. (UK, prison slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
    • 2002, Jeffrey Archer, A Prison Diary

      Mr Weedon explains that this is a cell search - known by prisoners as a spin - and for obvious reasons it has to be carried out without any warning.

11. (dated) An unmarried woman; a spinster.
    • 1893, Bithia Mary Croker, "To Let" in "To Let" etc., Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906, p. 1, [3]

      Some years ago, when I was a slim young spin, I came out to India to live with my brother Tom […]

12. (uncountable) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.

派生語

名詞

spin (複数形 spins)

1. (nautical) Short for spinnaker.
   • 2021 22 April, “jdale” (username), Course for Catastrophe, chapter 4:

     “Frank!” Joe yelled. “Run the spin halyard to the cabin-top winch and pass me the free end!”

語源 3

Shortening of special interest.

名詞

spin (複数形 spins)

1. (informal, used among autistic people) Special interest of an autistic person.

アナグラム

• Insp, NIPs, NPIs, Nips, PINs, PSNI, nips, pins, snip