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convolute

/kon-vuh-loot/US // ˈkɒn vəˌlut //UK // (ˈkɒnvəˌluːt) //

卷曲,旋卷,卷积,旋涡状

Related Words

spiral螺旋式,螺旋式的,螺旋形,螺旋状contort扭曲,歪曲,扭曲变形,痉挛twist扭转,扭曲,缠绕,扭曲了wind缠绕,风,缠绕的,缠绕着loop循环,环路,圈子,襻coil线圈,卷材,盘管,卷轴tangle缠结,缠住,纠缠,缠绵cloud云,云层,云雾,云端snaking蛇行,蛇形,蜿蜒曲折,蛇形结构intricate复杂的,错综复杂的,错综复杂,复杂

Definitions

  1. 1

    con·vo·lut·ed, con·vo·lut·ing.

    • : to coil up; form into a twisted shape.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : rolled up together or with one part over another.
    • : Botany. coiled up longitudinally so that one margin is within the coil and the other without, as the petals of cotton.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbmake complicated
Forms: convoluted
Synonyms
cloud云,云层,云雾,云端coil线圈,卷材,盘管,卷轴contort扭曲,歪曲,扭曲变形,痉挛loop循环,环路,圈子,襻snaking蛇行,蛇形,蜿蜒曲折,蛇形结构spiral螺旋式,螺旋式的,螺旋形,螺旋状tangle缠结,缠住,纠缠,缠绵twist扭转,扭曲,缠绕,扭曲了wind缠绕,风,缠绕的,缠绕着intricate复杂的,错综复杂的,错综复杂,复杂

Examples

  • The two first have zigzag passages; the third, channels running in convolute curves.

  • The passages here run in convolute curves, the one winding in a spiral to the centre, the other receding from the centre.

  • They resemble the Ammonites in internal structure, but instead of being spirally convolute they are merely curved like a horn.

  • The more decidedly convolute species with hidden spires are the Atys, Montf.

  • A spiral shell is said to be discoidal, when the whorls are so horizontally convolute as to form a flattened spire.

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