SPIN

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Traducere în limba română

spin past. spun, (aproape înv.) span, part. trec. spun I. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a toarce, a fila; a răsuci;

to spin oft a toarce în întregime / până la capăt;

(despre viermele de mătase) to spin a cocoon a ţese un cocon / o gogoaşă;

to spin street-yarn a umbla haihui pe stradă;

to spin a yarn / a twist a spune / a depăna o povest(ir)e (de obicei lungă sau neadevărată);

to spin out a) a toarce (firul) lung şi subţire; b) (fig.) a întinde, a lungi (vorba etc.); c) (fig.) a născoci, a scorni, a urzi.

2. a învârti, a roti, a (în)vârteji; a face să se învârtească / să se rotească;

to spin a coin a da cu banul (făcându-l să se învârtească);

to spin a top a se juca cu titirezul / cu sfârleaza;

to spin waltz a dansa un vals.

3. (sl.) a trânti (la examen).

4. (tehn.) a presa, (tablă) la strung.

spin past. spun, (aproape înv.) span, part. trec. spun I. verb B. intranzitiv

1. a fila, a toarce.

2. (şi to spin round) a se învârti, a se roti, a se (în)vârteji;

to send smb. spinning a lovi pe cineva, trimiţându-l val-vârtej / rostogol / cât colo;

to spin like a top / teetotum a se învârti ca un titirez;

my head spins simt ameţeală;

(av.) to spin in a) a intra în vrilă; b) a intra în tirbuşon;

(av.) to spin off a) a ieşi din vrilă; b) a ieşi din tirbuşon.

3. (fam.) a se deplasa / a merge repede;

to spin along a trece în goană / val-vârtej / în fugă (pe jos, pe bicicletă, în automobil);

to spin along the road a goni pe şosea (pe jos, pe bicicietă, în automobil).

spin II. substantiv

1. rotaţie, rotire, învârtire.

2. deplasare / mişcare rapidă;

to go for a spin in a car a face o plimbare cu maşina;

(sport) to put spin on a ball a lovi mingea cu putere.

3. (av.) vrilă; tirbuşon.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

As soon as she was alone that dwarf came in, and said, “What will you give me to spin gold for you this third time?” “I have nothing left,” said she.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

The captain spun round on his heel and fronted us; all the brown had gone out of his face, and even his nose was blue; he had the look of a man who sees a ghost, or the evil one, or something worse, if anything can be; and upon my word, I felt sorry to see him all in a moment turn so old and sick.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

The black hole squeezes about 10 million times the mass of our sun into a region only 30 times the diameter of the sun, and it spins so rapidly that space and time are dragged around with it.

(NuSTAR sees rare blurring of black hole light, NASA)

I have had a great shock, and when I try to think of what it is I feel my head spin round, and I do not know if it was all real or the dreaming of a madman.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Dear Capricorn, you have the month that will be spun with the golden threads that dreams are made of, and this month will only be the beginning of so much more to come to you.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

Spinning forces, they note, can be balanced against gravitational forces to learn more about their masses—they further note that such a balance is what keeps objects from being pulled into the black hole at the center of the galaxy or being flung out into space.

(Researchers Estimate Mass of Milky Way to Be 3.9 Tredecillion Pounds, Editura Global Info)

As usual Beth lay on the sofa and Laurie sat in a low chair close by, amusing her with all sorts of gossip, for she depended on her weekly 'spin', and he never disappointed her.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Alas! said she, I must spin this straw into gold, and I know not how.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Indeed my courage had begun to rise so high that I allowed myself a few darting thoughts on what would be the end of the affair, and while I saw certainly that I could spin it out for long, I saw no hope of any ultimate escape.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

So she made the sister go and sit by the well and spin, and the girl pricked her finger and thrust her hand into a thorn-bush, so that she might drop some blood on to the spindle; then she threw it into the well, and jumped in herself.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

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