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gyre

/jahyuhr/US // dʒaɪər //UK // (dʒaɪə) mainly literary //

漩涡,漩涡状,漩涡式,漩涡状物

Related Words

globe全球,全球化,全球的,全球性的circus马戏团,马戏班crown皇冠,冠,冠词,皇冠假日disk磁盘,磁片,磁磁盘,磁碟enclosure围墙,圈地,附文,附属建筑belt带子,腰带,输送带,带bowl碗,碗里,碗里的东西,碗内meridian子午线,子午線,经络,子宫horizon地平线,视野,天边,天际circlet小册子,小冊子,小号,循环器hoop箍筋,箍桶,箍,箍住aureole金银花,金莺,金光闪闪,金莺花compass指南针,罗盘,指北针,罗经coil线圈,卷材,盘管,卷轴lap大腿,搭接,圈子,圈halo光环,光晕,晕,光圈cycle循环,周期,循环播放,循环往复circumference周长,圆周率,周率,方圆band乐队,带,带子,带状物bracelet手镯,手链,手带,手环

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a ring or circle.
    • : a circular course or motion.
    • : Oceanography. a ringlike system of ocean currents rotating clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nouncircle
Synonyms
aureole金银花,金莺,金光闪闪,金莺花band乐队,带,带子,带状物belt带子,腰带,输送带,带bowl碗,碗里,碗里的东西,碗内bracelet手镯,手链,手带,手环circlet小册子,小冊子,小号,循环器circuit电路,回路,回环,回回路路circumference周长,圆周率,周率,方圆circus马戏团,马戏班cirque盘旋,圈子,盘旋曲,圈子里的人coil线圈,卷材,盘管,卷轴compass指南针,罗盘,指北针,罗经cordon警戒线,绳索,线绳,警绳corona电晕crown皇冠,冠,冠词,皇冠假日cycle循环,周期,循环播放,循环往复disc圆盘,圆片disk磁盘,磁片,磁磁盘,磁碟ecliptic黄道,黄道线,黄道图,黄道部enclosure围墙,圈地,附文,附属建筑equator赤道,赤道上,赤道上的,北极globe全球,全球化,全球的,全球性的halo光环,光晕,晕,光圈hoop箍筋,箍桶,箍,箍住horizon地平线,视野,天边,天际lap大腿,搭接,圈子,圈meridian子午线,子午線,经络,子宫orbit轨道,轨迹,轨道上,轨道上的colure色泽,色素,胶原蛋白,胶原体full turn全转,全回转,全转弯,全面转弯parallel of纬度的平行,纬度平行的,纬度的平行线,纬度的并行

Examples

  • Side 2 sends Barnes into the twisty, noisy gyre of a 12-minute track called “The Past Is a Grotesque Animal.”

  • Likewise, where the gyre glances off the coast of Africa and returns to the Americas, a second current flowing the opposite direction continues south past the equator and away from the rest of the population.

  • By staying within the gyre, vulnerable young sea turtles can remain relatively safe.

  • The extremely slow collection of organic material and other sediments below a gyre does allow oxygen in the water to seep deep into the sediment.

  • Yet with the tsunami debris joining the gyre, the problem is compounding more quickly than anyone can measure.

  • Dorsally, the fissure bifurcates, embracing the gyre indented by the caudal limb of the paracentral.

  • Ay, and the elves and gyre-carlings frae the bonnie bairn, grace be wi' it?

  • Gyre (derived from Gayour or Giaour, a dog), “to scratch like a dog.”

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