1.spin用作名词的意思是“旋转”,转化为动词作“使…旋转”解,指人或物围绕着自身轴心或外部某一点快速转动,可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语。
2.spin用于比喻时作“讲述”“编造”“撰写”解,用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,还可以接双宾语。
3.spin的过去式和过去分词均为spun。

spin along(v.+adv.)
向前奔驰 move forward easily and quite quickly with a rolling movement
▲spin along
The car was spinning along nicely when suddenly the engine made a peculiar noise and stopped.汽车正向前飞驰,突然引擎发出一声怪叫便停止了转动。
The carriage was spinning along at a good speed.马车以高速飞驰。

spin off(v.+adv.)
旋转着脱位 leave its position, with a rolling movement
▲spin off
Luckily we were not going very fast when the wheel spun off and the car crashed into the fence.幸运的是,汽车轮子脱位撞到围栏上时,我们没开得很快。

spin out(v.+adv.)
▲spin sth⇔out
1.纺… lengthen (thread) by spinning
Her skilful fingers spun the wool out to a fine thread.她那灵巧的手指把羊毛纺成了细毛线。
2.尽量使某物延长〔持续〕 make it last as long as possible
They tried to gain time by spinning out the negotiation.他们企图拖延谈判以争取时间。
We have to cutback on expenditure to spin out the money till the next pay day.我们得紧缩开支使钱能维持到下次发工资的日子。
The boy nibbled at the , trying to spin it outs as long as possible.这个男孩一小口一小口地啃着饼,想把饼尽量多吃一些时间。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
The story is tediously spun out.这故事拖长得很讨厌。

spin round(v.+adv.)
快速旋转或回转 turn round very fast
▲spin round
I spun round to see who had spoken .我转身看是谁讲话。
He spun round at the sound of his name, ready to defend himself.他一听到喊他的名字就转过身来,准备自卫。
The skater spun round and round on the ice.溜冰者不停地在冰上打转转。
The car spun round on the oily road, and the driver was helpless to control it.汽车在滑溜溜的道上旋转,司机无法控制。
▲spin sth ⇔round
He spun the revolving door round and round.他把那个旋转门转了又转。

用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
The dancer spun on his toes.那舞蹈演员以足尖点地旋转身体。
The top was spinning merrily.陀螺在轻快地旋转。
The earth spins on its axis.地球绕地轴旋转。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
He is spinning a coine.他正在抛转钱币。
She got up and spun a little turn.她站起来打了一个小旋转。
T he old sailor loves to spin yarns about this life at sea .那老水手喜欢讲述他航海的生涯。
They quickly began spinning their own theories about the shooting.他们立即开始编造关于这次枪击事件的种种推测。
The explorer spun many fantastic tales about his adventures in the primeval forests.探险家杜撰了许多他在原始森林里历险的离奇故事。
用作双宾动词
▲S+～+pron./n.+n./pron.
The guide volunteered to spin us a yarn on the way.导游在路途上主动给我们讲故事。
His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.他奶奶在火炉边给他讲故事。

spin, whirl
参见whirl条。

spin还可用作名词,表示“旋转”“剧降,暴跌”。例如:
The plane fell in a spin.飞机旋转着掉落下来。
The bad news sent stock market prices into a spin.坏消息使股票市场价格暴跌。

［词源］＜古英语spinnan(旋转,自转)