a toy that spins round, for example a top or windmill (陀螺、风车等)旋转式玩具 ■another term for roundabout (in sense 2) 同 roundabout(义项2) ■[in sing.]a thing regarded as hectic or constantly changing 狂热;变迁 the whirligig of time. 时间的变迁。
(亦作 whirligig beetle)a small black predatory beetle which swims rapidly in circles on the surface of still or slow-moving water and dives when alarmed 豉甲
Family Gyrinidae: Gyrinus and other genera 豉甲科:豉甲属和其他属
语源
late Middle English: from whirl + obsolete gig 'whipping-top'