tourbillon

/toor-bil-yuhn; French toor-bee-yawn/US // tʊərˈbɪl yən; French tur bi ˈyɔ̃ //

陀飞轮,陀螺仪,陀螺

Definitions

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.
- : a firework that rises spirally: Between two spectacular pinwheels, they launched a series of silvery tourbillons.
- : whirlwind.

The organisation of the body, the arrangement of its solids and liquids, is adapted to further the tourbillon vital.
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.
Father was capital as the French usher Tourbillon; and the whole thing went splendidly.
Le tourbillon, l'ouragan, tous les diables dechains qui veulent bien emporter votre chteau.
A new face arose, the pretty Leontine von Morien, the tourbillon of the princely court at Rheinsberg, who pined away in sighs.