reel

• vi. 卷；眩晕；蹒跚地走；退缩
• vt. 卷；使旋转
• n. 蹒跚；眩晕；旋转
• n. (Reel)人名；(土)雷埃尔

来自古英语 hreol,纺轴，纺纱轴，词源不详。可能来自 PIE*sker,弯，转，编织，词源同 ring,cradle.

1. The musicians burst into a rousing rendition of "Paddy Casey's Reel".

这些音乐家激情演绎了《帕迪·凯西的里尔舞曲》。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The rod bent double, the reel shrieked and ratcheted.

操作杆进一步弯曲，线轴发出刺耳的吱吱声。

来自柯林斯例句

3. a reel on a fishing rod

钓鱼竿上的绕线轮

来自《权威词典》

4. Baker's rod is splintered , and Mond's reel is out of fix.

贝德的钓竿已经裂了, 而蒙德的绕线已经损坏了.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. He won three games off the reel.

他一连胜了3场.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

reel (n.1)

"frame turning on an axis," especially one on which thread is wound, late Old English hreol "reel for winding thread," from Proto-Germanic *hrehulaz; probably related to hrægel "garment," and Old Norse hræll "spindle," from PIE *krek- "to weave, beat" (cognates: Greek krokus "nap of cloth").

Specifically of the fishing rod attachment from 1726; of a film projector apparatus from 1896. Reel-to-reel type of tape deck is attested from 1958.

reel (n.2)

"lively Highland dance," 1580s, probably a special use of reel (n.1), which had a secondary sense of "a whirl, whirling movement" (1570s) or from reel (v.1). Applied to the music for such a dance from 1590s.

reel (v.1)

"to whirl around," late 14c., also "sway, swing, rock, become unsteady" (late 14c.), "stagger as a result of a blow, etc." (c. 1400), probably from reel (n.1), on notion of "spinning." Of the mind, from 1796. Related: Reeled; reeling.

reel (v.2)

"to wind on a reel," late 14c., from reel (n.1). Verbal phrase reel off "recite without pause or effort" is from 1837. Fishing sense is from 1849. Related: Reeled; reeling.