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    whorl

    • IPA[wəːl]

    英式

    • n.
      a pattern of spirals or concentric circles；each of the turns or convolutions in the shell of a gastropod or ammonoid mollusc.
    • v.
      spiral or move in a twisted and convoluted fashion.

    • noun: whorl, plural noun: whorls

    • 釋義

    名詞

    • 1. a pattern of spirals or concentric circles Shelley drew larger and larger dark whorls on her notepad
    • ▪ each of the turns or convolutions in the shell of a gastropod or ammonoid mollusc.
    • ▪ a set of leaves, flowers, or branches springing from the stem at the same level and encircling it.
    • ▪ (in a flower) each of the sets of organs, especially the petals and sepals, arranged concentrically round the receptacle.
    • ▪ a complete circle in a fingerprint.
    • 2. historical a small wheel or pulley in a spinning wheel, spinning machine, or spindle.

    動詞

    • 1. literary spiral or move in a twisted and convoluted fashion.