/spɪn ||; spɪn/verb (
spinning;past tense past participle spun /spʌn
||; spʌn/)
1 [I,T] spin (sth) (round) to turn or to make sth turn round quickly (使)急速转动,快速旋转: Mary spun round when she heard someone call her name. 玛丽听见有人叫她的名字,连忙转过身来。 [T] to spin a ball/coin/wheel 转动球╱硬币╱轮子
2 [I,T] to make thread from a mass of wool, cotton, etc 纺纱;纺线 · A spider spins a web. 蜘蛛会结网。
3 [T] to remove water from clothes that have just been washed by turning them round and round very fast in a machine (洗衣机)旋干(衣服),脱水
spin sth out to make sth last as long as possible 使尽量延长或拖延