teetotum

['ti:təu'tʌm]

n. 四方陀螺, 手转陀螺

词形变化：

副词: teetotally |

n.

四方陀螺, 手转陀螺

teetotum

词形变化：

副词: teetotally |

teetotum[,ti:təu'tʌm; ti:'təutəm]n.1.■手转陀螺2.■(某些游戏中用的四面)捻转儿like a teetotum旋转着

1. a small spinning top spun with the fingers, especially one with four sides lettered to determine whether the spinner has won or lost
   手转陀螺（通常有四面，每面有字母以决定玩家输赢）
   

1. early 18th cent. (as T totum): from T (representing totum, inscribed on the side of the toy) + Latin totum 'the whole' (stake). The letters on the sides (representing Latin words) were T (= totum), A (= auferre 'take away'), D (= deponere 'put down'), and N (= nihil 'nothing')
   

teetotum

名词 teetotum:

a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin

同义词：top, whirligig, spinning top

teetotum

■the man with the bandage spun round like a teetotum, and fell all his length upon his side, where he lay dead, but still twitching;

头上裹着绷带的家伙像陀螺一样打了个旋，直挺挺地侧身掉进坑里丧了命，不过手脚还在抽搐。

■like a teetotum

旋转着