(1) Spin 旋转(的通用说法)
I am spinning the top.
我在转陀螺。
The top is spinning.
陀螺在旋转。

(2) Twirl 旋转
She twirled around in her new dress.
她穿着新裙子转了几圈。
✎twirl指转一两圈,如果想表航葛达不停灿射地转,可以用keep twirling,如:
She kept twirling until she was dizzy.
她一直旋转到晕。
She twirled her hair around her finger.
她把头发绕在手指上。
(3) Whirl 回旋
✎重复的旋转
Everything was whirling around me after I rode the roller coaster.
我坐完过山车之后,脑子里一直有东西回旋。
The dancers whirled around the ballroom.
舞者在舞厅里回旋。

(4) Swirl 打旋、使成漩涡
✎用于液体、气体,或体现一种流动性。
The cream swirled around in my coffee.
奶抽立泳油在我的咖啡里打旋。

Leaves swirled in the wind.
叶子在风中打旋。
✎就旋转的速度而言,swirl < twirl < whirl。