whorl

英 [wɜːl]

美 [wɜːrl]

n.  螺旋状图案; 螺纹; 轮，轮生体(环生于植物茎部的叶、花等)

复数：whorls　过去式：whorled　

BNC.25087 / COCA.22923

牛津词典

noun

• 螺旋状图案；螺纹
  a pattern made by a curved line that forms a rough circle, with smaller circles inside bigger ones
  1. the whorls on your fingertips
     你指纹的涡
• 轮，轮生体（环生于植物茎部的叶、花等）
  a ring of leaves, flowers, etc. around the stem of a plant

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (指纹等的)涡，螺旋状
  Awhorlis a spiral shape, for example the pattern on the tips of your fingers.
  1. He stared at the whorls and lines of her fingertips.
     他盯着她指尖的涡纹和流纹。
  2. ...dense whorls of red-purple flowers.
     层层叠叠的紫红色花朵

英英释义

noun

• a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
  1. a coil of rope
  Synonym:coilspiralvolutehelix
• a strand or cluster of hair
  Synonym:lockcurlringlet
• a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
  Synonym:coilrollcurlcurlicueringletgyrescroll

双语例句

• Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Prunus cultivated for their showy white or pink single or double blossoms. Most obvious of these are the brightly colored petals supported by a whorl of sepals.
  樱属灌木或树种，银白色或粉红色单子萼或双子萼花冠。其中最明显的是鲜艳的花瓣，花瓣下有一轮萼片。
• Complicated Tails Whorl Stream-the Flocculation Concentrates Fleetness Dehydration Technology Practice
  复杂尾矿旋流-絮凝浓缩快速脱水技术实践
• Any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petalled flower.
  延龄草属的多种百合科植物之一，三片叶在茎顶端轮生，花单生、有三片花瓣。
• Botany; forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl.
  植物学；形成轮生体或者具有排成轮生体的部分。
• Total N accumulation in single plant was decreased when two leaves above ear leaf were cut off or the up whorl of the shoot-borne roots was removed at the tasselling stage.
  吐丝期剪去穗位叶以上连续两个叶片或切去地上部最上层节根均减少了植株体内的氮素累积。
• This is quickly followed by the appearance of the second whorl of stamen primordia.
  接着很快出现了第二轮雄蕊原基。
• So reducing whorl root stress focus may distribute to improve bolt intensity and life.
  因此，减少螺纹根部应力集中、改善应力分布是提高螺栓疲劳寿命的主要途径。
• Before whorl stage there was little effect of larvae on corn plants although they fed leaves.
  喇叭口期以前的幼虫为害虽然造成花叶，但其成活率很低，对玉米影响不大。
• Arranged in or forming whorls or a whorl. botany; not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls.
  轮生的，有毛轮的轮状排列或者轮生的植物学；不是轮生的；特别是有排成螺旋而不是排成轮生体的部分。
• Most obvious of these are the brightly colored petals supported by a whorl of sepals.
  其中最明显的是鲜艳的花瓣，花瓣下有一轮萼片。