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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   whorl

   • IPA[(h)wôrl]

   美式

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

   • noun: whorl, plural noun: whorls

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞

   n.

   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 mollusk.
   • ▪ 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 around the receptacle.
   • ▪ a complete circle in a fingerprint.
   • 2. historical a small wheel or pulley in a spinning wheel, spinning machine, or spindle.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. literary spiral or move in a twisted and convoluted fashion the dances are kinetic kaleidoscopes where steps whorl into wildness

   spindle whorl

   • n.
     a whorl or small pulley used to weight a spindle.

   Oxford Dictionary

3. • 更多解釋

   whorl

   • IPA[wəːl]

   英式

   • n.
     a pattern of spirals or concentric circles: Shelley drew larger and larger dark whorls on her notepad
   • v.
     spiral or move in a twisted and convoluted fashion.

   Oxford Dictionary