spin
US: /ˈspɪn/
UK: /spˈɪn/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
spin /spin/- danh từ
- sự quay tròn, sự xoay tròn
- (hàng không) sự vừa đâm xuống vừa quay tròn
- (thể dục,thể thao) sự xoáy (bóng crickê)
- sự đi chơi; cuộc đi chơi ngắn, cuộc đi dạo (bằng xe đạp, thuyền...)
- to go for a spin: đi dạo chơi; đi bơi thuyền
- ngoại động từ spun, (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) span; spun
- quay (tơ)
- chăng (tơ nhện)
- tiện (bằng máy)
- ((thường) + out) kể (một câu chuyện); biên soạn
- to spin a yarn: kể chuyện huyên thiên; kể chuyện bịa
- làm quay tròn (con quay, người nào); làm lảo đảo
- to send somebody spinning: đánh ai lảo đảo
- (từ lóng) đánh hỏng (thí sinh)
- nội động từ
- xe chỉ, xe tơ
- chăng tơ (nhện); kéo kén (tằm)
- câu cá bằng mồi quay
- xoay tròn; lảo đảo
- lướt đi nhẹ nhàng (đi xe đạp)
- to spin out
- kéo dài (bài diễn văn, cuộc thảo luận, cuộc đời...)
- (thể dục,thể thao) đánh xoáy bóng cho (đối thủ) không đỡ được (crickê)
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun+ verb
(spinning, spun, spun )
turn round quickly
1 ~ (sth) (round / around) to turn round and round quickly; to make sth do this: [V] The plane was spinning out of control. + a spinning ice skater + My head is spinning (= I feel as if my head is going around and I can't balance). + His theories on economics are enough to make your head spin (= make you feel very confused). + [VN] to spin a ball / coin / wheel + We place our bets and the croupier spun the roulette wheel.
2 ~ (round / around) to turn round quickly once; to make sb do this: [V] He spun around to face her. + She spun on her heel and walked out. [also VN]
make thread
3 ~ (A into B)
~ (B from A) to make thread from wool, cotton, silk, etc. by twisting it: [V] She sat by the window spinning. + [VN] to spin and knit wool + spinning silk into thread
of spider / silkworm
4 [VN] to produce thread from its body to make a WEB or COCOON: a spider spinning a web + A silkworm spins a cocoon that can yield 800 metres of pure silk.
drive / travel quickly
5 [V +adv./prep.] to drive or travel quickly: They went spinning along the roads on their bikes.
dry clothes
6 [VN] to remove the water from clothes that have just been washed, in a SPIN DRYER
present information
7 [VN] to present information or a situation in a particular way, especially one that makes you or your ideas seem good: An aide was already spinning the senator's defeat as 'almost as good as an outright win'.
Idioms: spin (sb) a yarn, tale, etc. to tell sb a long story that is not true, usually in order to deceive them
more at HEEL n.
Phrasal Verbs: spin off (from sth)
spin sth<->off (from sth) to happen or to produce sth as a new or unexpected result of sth that already exists: products spinning off from favourite books + toys spun off from the popular children's TV programme
related noun SPIN-OFF
spin sth<->off (business) (especially AmE) to form a new company from parts of an existing one: The transportation operation will be spun off into a separate company.
spin sth<->out to make sth last as long as possible
+ noun
fast turning movement
1 [C, U] a very fast turning movement: the earth's spin + the spin of a wheel + The dance was full of twists and spins. + Give the washing a short spin. + We calculated the rate of spin.
2 [C, usually sing.] if an aircraft goes into a spin, it falls and turns round rapidly
in car
3 [C] (informal, becoming old-fashioned) a short ride in a car for pleasure: Let's go for a spin. + He asked if he could take the car for a spin.
in tennis / cricket
4 [U] the way you make a ball turn very fast when you throw it or hit it: She puts a lot of spin on the ball. + a spin bowler (= in cricket, a bowler who uses spin)
See also -
on information
5 [sing., U] (informal) a way of presenting information or a situation in a particular way, especially one that makes you or your ideas seem good: Politicians put their own spin on the economic situation.
Idioms: in a (flat) spin very confused, worried or excited: Her resignation put her colleagues in a spin.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 revolve, turn, rotate, gyrate, twirl, whirl, twist, reel, pirouette, pivot:
The car spun out of control on the ice. Fred spun Ginger around the dance floor.
2 invent, concoct, make up, devise, produce, fabricate; weave, relate, retail, recount, narrate, tell, unfold:
Each night, father would spin a new chapter in the yarn of the vagabond princess.
3 be dizzy, suffer vertigo, swim, whirl, be giddy:
My head was spinning from so much attention by the media.
4 spin off. separate, derive:
The manufacturer spun off two new companies specializing in parts and service.
5 spin out. prolong, protract, drag or draw out, stretch out, perpetuate, continue, extend, keep alive, keep going:
The case was spun out for years in the courts.
n.
6 whirl, whirling, twirl, twirling, turn, turning, gyration, reel, pirouette, revolution, revolving, rotation, rotating:
He puts a spin on the ball when he throws it. Is the spin of all planets in the same direction?
7 drive, whirl, joyride, ride, tour, excursion, outing, jaunt:
On Sunday afternoons we sometimes went for a spin in the car.
Collocation
1 fast turning movement
ADJ.
quick, rapid | slow | back
(also
backspin
),
top
(also
topspin)
She puts heavy topspin on her serve.
VERB + SPIN
go into
He had to stop the helicopter from going into a spin.
| come out of | put sb/sth in(to), send sb/sth into
(figurative) The president's death sent the stock market into a spin.
| give sth
Give the washing another spin.
| impart, put on
How do you put more spin on the ball?
SPIN + NOUN
bowler | bowling
2 on information
ADJ.
positive
VERB + SPIN
put on
The chairman tried to put a positive spin on the closure of the factory.
SPIN + NOUN
doctor
government spin doctors
PREP.
with a ~
The film retells the famous legend with a Marxist spin.
Concise dictionary
spinning|spun|spins|spiningspɪnnoun
+a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
+the act of rotating rapidly
+a short drive in a car
+rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral
+a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion)
verb
+revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
+stream in jets, of liquids
+cause to spin
+make up a story
+form a web by making a thread
+work natural fibers into a thread
+twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation
+prolong or extend
