spun

/spʌn/ (bre, ipa) · /spʌn/ (ame, ipa)

spun — verb

  • spunpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • spuns3rd person singular
  • spunning-ing form
  • spunnedpast simple

1. the past-tense form of the verb 'spin', serving as both simple past and past par

1.動詞及物 / 不及物A2
釋義

the past-tense form of the verb 'spin', serving as both simple past and past participle

例句

Hoa spun the toy top on the wooden floor and watched it wobble.

transitive: spun + object (the toy top)

The tyres of Jõo's car spun on the muddy hill road.

intransitive: spun + on + [surface]

同義詞
  • twirled

    more deliberate, often used for people or objects held and turned by hand; narrower scope than spun

  • rotated

    more technical and formal; implies turning around a central fixed axis

  • whirled

    more energetic and fast; suggests a blur of motion

反義詞
  • stopped

    the opposite of beginning or continuing to spin

文法句型

spun + object

spun + adverb or prepositional phrase

be + spun (passive)

用法筆記

Commonly used with adverbs of direction or location (around, round, on, above) to describe how something moves while turning. The same form works as both past simple ('the wheel spun') and past participle ('has spun', 'was spun').

常見錯誤

❌The dancer spinned around three times.
✅The dancer spun around three times.
💡'spinned' is not a correct English word; the past tense of 'spin' is always 'spun'.