1510s (transitive), with an isolated instance from 14c.; from swirl (n.). Intransitive sense "form in eddies, whirl in eddies" is from 1755. Related: Swirled; swirling.
swirl (n.)
early 15c., "whirlpool, eddy," originally Scottish, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to dialectal Norwegian svirla or Dutch zwirrelen "to whirl." The meaning "whirling movement" is from 1818.
例文
1. He breathes out a swirl of cigarette smoke.
彼はタバコの輪を吐き出した。
2.She danced with a swirl of her skirt.
彼女はダンスをしてスカートをぐるぐる回した。
3.The car raced roughly along in a swirl of pink dust.
自動車はピンク色のほこりの渦の中で揺れながら急速に前進している。
4.You could lie up there,watching the flakes swirl past.