spiral的意思

基本释义

• n 螺旋；旋涡；螺旋形之物

  a line in the form of a curve that winds around a central point, moving further away from the centre all the time

• adj 螺旋形的；盘旋的

  Spiral is also an adjective

• v 使成螺旋形；使作螺旋形上升

  to move in a continuous curve that gets nearer to or further from its central point as it goes round

例句

1. The maze is actually two interlocking spirals.

   这个迷宫实际上是两个连锁的螺旋体。

2. ...a spiral staircase.

   …一段旋梯。

3. A snail's shell is spiral in form.

   蜗牛壳呈螺旋形。 (

4. A coiled spring forms a spiral.

   一条卷起来的弹簧形成一个螺旋形。

5. They ticked off a few specific causes for the price spiral in their country.

   他们列举了他们国内物价螺旋形上升的几个具体原因。 (

短语

• spiral bevel gear 弧齿锥齿轮；螺旋伞齿轮
• spiral groove 螺旋沟
• spiral case 蜗壳；水轮机蜗壳
• downward spiral 向下旋转；螺旋式下跌；减记恶性循环
• spiral flow 螺旋流

近义词

英英释义

noun 1. flying downward in a helical path with a large radius 2. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops e.g. a coil of rope Synonym: coilvolutewhorlhelix 3. ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center Synonym: volute 4. a continuously accelerating change in the economy 5. a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center 6. a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle Synonym: helix spiral verb 1. to wind or move in a spiral course e.g. the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action black smoke coiling up into the sky the young people gyrated on the dance floor Synonym: gyratecoil 2. move in a spiral or zigzag course Synonym: corkscrew 3. form a spiral e.g. The path spirals up the mountain adj 1. in the shape of a coil Synonym: coiling, helical, spiral, ing, volute, volute

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