英和和英

発音

• IPA: /əˈwɜː(ɹ)l/, /əˈʍɜː(ɹ)l/
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)l

形容詞

awhirl (comparative more awhirl, superlative most awhirl)

1. Whirling.

   My mind was awhirl with new ideas.

   golden leaves awhirl in the autumn breeze

   • 1866, Christina Rossetti, The Prince’s Progress and Other Poems,‎, London: Macmillan, page 104:

     […] did you think
     I was so fair when we played boy and girl,
     Where blue forget-me-nots bloomed on the brink
     Of our stream which the mill-wheel sent awhirl?

   • 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, chapter 3, in The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC:

     The music rippled and ran and the dancers danced till the hall was awhirl with the rhythm of their dancing,

   • 2013, Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North‎, London: Vintage Books, page 167:

     Dorrigo’s mind was awhirl with how he would get out of Warradale without permission, where he would find a vehicle, where they might secretly meet.