0 a round, wheel-shaped object on which sewing thread, fishing wire, film, etc. can be rolled, or the amount of thread, etc. stored on one of these -- 捲軸;捲筒;捲盤;繞在捲軸上的線
1 a fast Scottish or Irish dance, or the music for this -- 裡爾舞(一種輕快的蘇格蘭或愛爾蘭舞蹈);裡爾舞曲
2 to walk, moving from side to side, looking like you are going to fall -- 踉蹌;打趔趄;蹣跚;搖搖晃晃地挪動
At closing time he reeled out of the bar and fell down on the pavement. 酒吧關門時,他踉踉蹌蹌走了出來,一跤摔在人行道上。
She hit him so hard that he reeled backwards. 她出手太重,打得他朝後打了個趔趄。
A stone hit his head and the street reeled before his eyes. 一塊石頭砸在他頭上,他頓時覺得街道在他眼前打旋。
We were reeling (in amazement/shock/delight, etc.) from/with the news that we had won all that money. 得知贏了那麽多錢,我們都(驚愕得/震驚得/高興得)發蒙了。
The automatic optical fibre reeling system showing the drum assembly and diamond bar reeving mechanism.
In the village you could see shop-window signs from a composer offering, for a fee, strathspeys, reels or airs for your birth, wedding or funeral.
Would not this be the correct opportunity to see that fishing reels are brought into the general import allowance for fishing tackle?
Surely the reels, spools and spindles concerned were for the textile industry?
Unless and until confidence in sterling is restored, we shall go on reeling from one economic disaster to another.
Commuters face service reductions, and all transport passengers, reeling from the last round of fare increases, await the next round.
From the reels of celluloid film a master video tape is made from which hundreds of illicit video casettes are made.
In fact, it hit them a reeling blow.