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spiral

spiral
[英] [ˈspaiərəl] [美] [ˈspaɪrəl] 生词本

n.

v.

adj.

  • 易混淆的单词：SPIRAL  

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in AM, use 美国英语用 spiraling, spiraled
1. N-COUNT 螺旋(形) A spiral is a shape which winds round and round, with each curve above or outside the previous one. 
  • Spiral is also an adjective.

    • ...a spiral staircase.

      螺旋形楼梯

2. V-ERG (使)盘旋着生长(或移动) If something spirals or is spiralled somewhere, it grows or moves in a spiral curve. 

  • Vines spiraled upward toward the roof...

    藤蔓盘旋着朝屋顶方向生长。

  • ...a bullet spiralling out of a gun barrel...

    从枪管里飞旋而出的子弹

  • A joss stick spiralled smoke.

    一柱线香青烟袅袅。

  • Spiral is also a noun.

    • Larks were rising in spirals from the ridge.

      云雀从山脊上盘旋着飞起。

3. VERB (数量、水平)急遽增长 If an amount or level spirals, it rises quickly and at an increasing rate. 

  • Production costs began to spiral.

    生产成本开始急遽上升。

  • ...a spiralling trend of violence...

    暴力急遽上升的态势

  • The divorce rate is spiralling upwards.

    离婚率正急遽上升。

  • Spiral is also a noun.

    • ...an inflationary spiral.

      急遽加快的通货膨胀

    • ...a spiral of debt.

      债务激增

4. VERB (数量、水平)急遽变化 If an amount or level spirals downwards, it falls quickly and at an increasing rate. 

  • House prices will continue to spiral downwards.

    房价将继续暴跌。

Noun

1. a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at ever-greater distances from it

2. a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle

3. ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center

4. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops;

  • "a coil of rope"

5. flying downward in a helical path with a large radius

Verb

1. to wind or move in a spiral course;

  • "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"

2. form a spiral;

  • "The path spirals up the mountain"

3. move in a spiral or zigzag course

Adjective

1. in the shape of a coil

体育

  • 1.盘旋升降
  • 2.螺旋转步

医学

  • 1.①螺旋状的；②螺旋

数学

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  • 1.螺线

煤炭

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  • 1.螺旋分选机
  • 2.物料在绕垂直轴线弯曲成螺旋状的溜槽中，利用离心力和重力进行分选的机械。

计算机

  • 1.【修】螺线，螺旋
1. Her hair was styled into a cascade of spiral curls.
她的头发被做成了瀑布般的螺旋形鬈发。

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2. The production in this factory is spiral.
这个厂的产量呈盘旋上升。

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3. The smoke spiral(l)ed up.
烟缭绕上升。

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4. Their profits began to spiral down disastrously.
他们的利润开始螺旋形地急剧下降。

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