a.whirl

adj.（形容詞）
Having a whirling motion; spinning:
旋轉(zhuǎn)的：處于旋轉(zhuǎn)的運動中的；旋轉(zhuǎn)的：
例句：
leaves awhirl in the wind.
樹葉在風中打轉(zhuǎn)

Being in a condition suggestive of a whirl, such as a state of excited activity or confusion:
象旋轉(zhuǎn)似的：令人聯(lián)想到處于旋轉(zhuǎn)的狀態(tài)的，如令人激動的運動或騷動狀態(tài)：
例句：
.All we could do was just stand there, our minds awhirl with the fluky wonder of it all.(David Mazel)
.我們所能做的就是站在那兒，如此僥幸的奇跡令我們的腦子象在旋轉(zhuǎn)似的混亂.(戴維·梅澤爾)

【引伸】
awhirl.
adv.（副詞）