The clock began to whirr before striking the hour.

钟在打点前先嘎啦嘎啦地响起来。

The whirr of fans, the taste of old air.

风扇的呼呼声，浑浊空气的味道。

We heard the whirr of the spinning wheel.

我们听到了纺车的嗡嗡声。

He could hear the whirr of a vacuum cleaner.

他能听到真空吸尘器的嗡嗡声。

I heard the whirr: It was taking a picture of me!

我听见了震动的声音：它正在对我拍照！

The deafening whirr of helicopter simple drives people crazy.

震耳欲聋的直升机螺旋桨声简直让人发疯。

Thoughts whirr round in my head. I don't have that ability to switch off.

各种各样的想法始终在我脑袋里打转，我没有本事把大脑关上。

She was glad when the short half hour was over and the wheels began to whirr again.

她很高兴短短的半小时过去了，机轮又转动了起来。干活尽管累，她可以避免自己的惹人注目。

" Wind fell all at once. The trouble's not over yet, " said Captain Mac Whirr, half aloud.

麻烦并没有结束，”麦克沃儿船长有点儿半喊叫地说道。

He heard more boots thundering down the hallway and the distinctive whirr of oncoming droids.

这时，魁刚听见更多的皮靴声骤雨般席卷而来，以及机器人特有的嗡嗡声。

"But all the clocks in the city Began to whirr and chime:" o let not Time deceive you, you cannot conquer Time.

但是城市里所有的时钟开始发出一阵阵轰鸣：“啊，不要让时间把你欺骗，你不可能去战胜时间。”

Wide evidence suggests that advertising feeds obesity, triggering what the psychologist Robert Cialdini has called the brain's "click-whirr" response.

广泛的证据表明广告导致肥胖，引发心理学家罗伯特·恰尔蒂尼所说的大脑的“咔嗒——呼啦”反应。

In the endless whirr of 24/7 corporate news, the people who actually make a difference are often trampled in the stampede to the next forgettable news-nugget like Lady Gaga’s meat-dress.

在一周24小时不间断的新闻演播中，大吸观众眼球的是嘎嘎小姐肉礼服之类的过眼即忘的新闻快餐，而那些真正改变世界的人的消息却常常被碾没。