Whorl
[wɔːl;wɜːl] or [wɝl]
解釋/意思:
(n. & v.) A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
(n. & v.) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
(n. & v.) The fly of a spindle.
达米安校對
解釋/意思:
n. a number of leaves in a circle round the stem: a turn in a spiral shell: a volution—e.g. in the ear: the fly of a spindle.—p.adj. Whorled having whorls: arranged in the form of a whorl or whorls.
丹尼整理
例句/造句/用法:
- The shaft and hook of this spindle are made of steel, and the whorl is made partly of steel and also partly of other materials. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The outermost had the rim broadest, and the inner whorls were smaller and smaller, and had their rims narrower. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Come, Tarzan, cried D'Arnot, let's see what your whorls look like. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- From infancy to senility the fingerprints of an individual change only in size, except as injuries alter the loops and whorls. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
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