汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 天旋地转
天旋地转 (天旋地轉)
the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world
The world turns / Metaphor for major changes / It also describes the feeling of dizziness or extreme anger
比喻世局大变。 形容气势宏大。 形容晕眩。
tiān xuán/xuàn de/dì () zhuǎn/zhuàn
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

他感觉天旋地转,摇晃起来。

His head swam and he swayed dizzily.

她一坐起来,就感到天旋地转

Her head spins dizzily as soon as she sits up.

突然我的脑子里天旋地转,于是我昏晕过去。

Suddenly, everything went round and round in my head and I fainted.

他们看着飞车天旋地转,忽上忽下,很希望自己胆子够大,敢去试一试。

He watches as the cars twist and turn upside down. He wishes he were brave enough to go on it.

但是直升机在撞击的前一秒是天旋地转的,所以一般的车用安全气囊很难奏效。

But in what can be the wildly gyrating final seconds of a helicopter crash, that is harder to achieve.

霎时间,蟾蜍只觉天旋地转,拖船仿佛轻轻地掠过天空,耳边风声呼啸,他感到自己腾空飞起,边飞边迅速地折跟斗。

Then the world turned suddenly upside down, the barge seemed to flit lightly across the sky, the wind whistled in his ears, and Toad found himself flying through the air, revolving rapidly as he went.