tourbillon / tʊərˈbɪl yən; French tur bi ˈyɔ̃ /

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tourbillon 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. Horology. a frame for the escapement of a timepiece, especially a watch, geared to the going train in such a way as to rotate the escapement about once a minute in order to minimize positional error.Compare karrusel.
  2. a firework that rises spirally: Between two spectacular pinwheels, they launched a series of silvery tourbillons.
  3. whirlwind.

更多tourbillon例句

  1. The organisation of the body, the arrangement of its solids and liquids, is adapted to further the tourbillon vital.
  2. I have known before what it is to be in what our neighbours have called a tourbillon, but never on such a scale as this.
  3. Father was capital as the French usher Tourbillon; and the whole thing went splendidly.
  4. Le tourbillon, l'ouragan, tous les diables dechains qui veulent bien emporter votre chteau.
  5. A new face arose, the pretty Leontine von Morien, the tourbillon of the princely court at Rheinsberg, who pined away in sighs.