1560s, "a circular motion," from Latin gyrus "circle, circular course, round, ring," from Greek gyros "a circle, ring," related to gyrós "rounded," perhaps from PIE root *geu- "to bend, curve" (cognates: Armenian kor "crooked," Lithuanian gurnas "hip, ankle, bone," Norwegian kaure "a curly lock of hair"). The noun is attested in Middle English only in reference to ship's tackle (early 15c.).
gyre (v.)
mid-15c., "turn (something) away (from something else); rotate" (transitive), "cause to revolve;" also "go in a circle, turn round" (intransitive), from Old French girer and directly from Latin gyrare, verb derived from gyrus "circle, circular course, round, ring" (see gyre (n.)). Related: Gyred; gyring.
雙語例句
1. Turning and turning in the widening gyre.
在向外擴(kuò)張的旋體上旋轉(zhuǎn)呀旋轉(zhuǎn).
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
2. Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.