upwhirrとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

up- +‎ whirr

動詞

upwhirr (三人称単数 現在形 upwhirrs, 現在分詞 upwhirring, 過去形および過去分詞形 upwhirred)

1. (intransitive, rare) To rise with a whirring sound.
   • 1924, Zane Grey, The Call of the Canyon

     Moreover, he did not shy at things lying in the road or rabbits darting from bushes or at the upwhirring of birds.

   • 1977, Terrence Kilpatrick, Swimming Man Burning (page 122)

     […] spearing the wild turkeys gossiping stupidly in a line along the branches, flushing the partridges, wing-shooting as they upwhirred […]