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whorl

/wawrl, wurl, hwawrl, hwurl/US // wɔrl, wɜrl, ʰwɔrl, ʰwɜrl //UK // (wɜːl) //

漩涡,漩涡状,涡旋,涡流

Related Words

eddy漩涡,涡流,涡旋,涡阳twist扭转,扭曲,缠绕,扭曲了vortex漩涡,涡流,涡旋,旋涡twirl转动,转移,转圈,旋转swirl漩涡,涡流,涡旋,漩涡状coil线圈,卷材,盘管,卷轴curl卷曲,鬈毛,鬈鬈,鬈发whirlpool漩涡,涡流,漩涡池,漩涡浴corkscrew开瓶器,瓶塞钻,瓶颈螺旋,瓶口螺丝helix螺旋线,螺旋,螺旋体,螺旋形

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a circular arrangement of like parts, as leaves or flowers, around a point on an axis; verticil.
    • : one of the turns or volutions of a spiral shell.
    • : anything shaped like a coil.
    • : one of the central ridges of a fingerprint, forming at least one complete circle.
    • : Textiles. a flywheel or pulley, as for a spindle.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounspiral
Synonyms
coil线圈,卷材,盘管,卷轴corkscrew开瓶器,瓶塞钻,瓶颈螺旋,瓶口螺丝curl卷曲,鬈毛,鬈鬈,鬈发eddy漩涡,涡流,涡旋,涡阳helix螺旋线,螺旋,螺旋体,螺旋形swirl漩涡,涡流,涡旋,漩涡状twirl转动,转移,转圈,旋转twist扭转,扭曲,缠绕,扭曲了vortex漩涡,涡流,涡旋,旋涡whirlpool漩涡,涡流,漩涡池,漩涡浴

Examples

  • The artist achieves a similar effect without painting in “Round and Round,” in which Easter-egg hues underlie an oval inscribed with fingerprint-like whorls.

  • Fig. 66 shows a biconical whorl, and its top is decorated to represent three Swastikas and three burning altars.

  • The centers of the crosses are occupied by the central hole of the whorl, while the arms extend to the periphery.

  • The specimen represented in fig. 76 is not a spindle-whorl, as shown by the number and location of the holes.

  • The whorl shown in fig. 45 is nearly spherical, with two Swastikas in the upper part.

  • In this collection is a spindle-whorl, found at 13½ feet (4 meters) depth and belonging to the fourth city.

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