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A whirlwind is a small, fast-spinning column of wind, like a mini tornado. People also use 'whirlwind' to describe something that happens very fast and feels or , like a 'whirlwind trip' (a very fast trip to many places) or a 'whirlwind romance' (falling in love very quickly).
旋風；（比喻）閃電般快速、令人目不暇給的過程
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
whirlwindnoun/ˈwɜːlwɪnd/
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A windstorm of limited extent, such as a tornado, dust devil, or waterspout, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air.
- VVhile in the mean time there iſſued out on the Eaſt-ſide a ſtrong VVind, but pure and refreſhing, vvhich dividing into ſeveral parts that turned round became ſo many innocuous VVhirl-vvinds of ſincere Air, tinctured only vvith a cool refreſhing ſmell, as if it had paſſed over ſome large field of Lilies and Roſes.
- And his hoofs ground the rocks to fire and dust, / His strong sides made the torrents rise in spray, / And turbulence, as if a whirlwind’s gust / Surrounded us; […]
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A person or body of objects or events sweeping violently onward.
- Once he got that new scooter he turned into a whirlwind and damaged all the flowers.
- The weeks leading up to the convention were a whirlwind of preparation and hurried activity.
whirlwindadj/ˈwɜːlwɪnd/
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Rapid and minimal.
- a whirlwind tour, a whirlwind romance
- So you aren't deserting the Caversham ship. They'll understand. After all, their courtship was pretty whirlwind itself.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。