单词 | gyrate |
释义 | gyrateadj. Arranged in rings or convolutions. In Botany = circinate adj.; also, see quot. 1836. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [adjective] > characterized by type of foliation or vernation obvolute1760 conduplicate1777 convolute1785 valvate1829 circinate1830 gyrate1830 induplicate1830 supervolute1832 supervolutive1841 rectiserial1849 circinating1857 incubous1857 succubous1857 induplicative1864 convolutive1866 circinal1880 obvolutive1886 tricussate1900 the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > disposed in or forming (a) coil(s) twinedc1300 wounda1382 wreathenc1400 wrinkledc1403 wreathedc1425 whorlish1562 folded1570 writhen1584 upwound1590 entortilled1629 coiled1661 whirled1715 whirl-shaped1762 crinkum-crankum1766 convoluted1811 gyrated1822 rounded1845 vorticiform1849 looped1850 vorticose1870 convolute1874 gyrate1876 swirled1909 snake-spiral1922 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 245 The peculiar gyrate vernation of the leaves of Cycadeæ. 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 253/1 Gyrate, see Circinate. Also, surrounded by an elastic ring, as the theca of ferns. 1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (1858) iv. 25 Flowers regular, with straight anther-valves,..and gyrate foliation. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iv. 211 A circinate or gyrate cyme. 1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. ii. 321 Sinuous or gyrate bullous bands. 1878 Nicholson in Encycl. Brit. VI. 373/2 By this ‘serial’ growth the corallum becomes ‘gyrate’ or ‘meandrine’. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 278 The gyrate or ringed form of the patches. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018). gyratev. intransitive. To move in a circle or spiral; to revolve, usually round a fixed point or on an axis; to rotate, whirl. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (intransitive)] wharvec888 turnOE runOE to turn aboutOE to turn roundc1450 to go roundc1460 revolute1553 gyre1598 veer1605 to come about1607 circumvolve1626 circumgyre1634 to turn around1642 roll1646 revolve1660 circulate1672 twist1680 circumgyrate1683 rotate1757 gyrate1830 1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 32 Undefined comets that gyrate equally through suns, earths, and satellites. 1850 R. W. Emerson Swedenborg in Representative Men iii. 111 The globule of blood gyrates around its own axis in the human veins, as the planet in the sky. 1858 G. MacDonald Phantastes xvii. 211 With a somerset and a run, [he] threw himself gyrating into the air. 1892 R. L. Stevenson Across Plains vi. 191 Came the dusty night-fliers, to gyrate for one brilliant instant round the flame. Derivatives gyˈrated adj. = gyrate adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > disposed in or forming (a) coil(s) twinedc1300 wounda1382 wreathenc1400 wrinkledc1403 wreathedc1425 whorlish1562 folded1570 writhen1584 upwound1590 entortilled1629 coiled1661 whirled1715 whirl-shaped1762 crinkum-crankum1766 convoluted1811 gyrated1822 rounded1845 vorticiform1849 looped1850 vorticose1870 convolute1874 gyrate1876 swirled1909 snake-spiral1922 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 593 Gyrated dry scall. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 594 The..Gyrated Variety [of psoriasis] runs in a migratory course. gyˈrating n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] swayc1374 turning1390 overwhelming?a1439 circumvolution1447 winding1530 conversion1541 rotationa1550 revolution1566 gyring?1578 revolve1598 circulation1605 gyration1615 evolution1654 sweep1679 gyrating1837 revolving1867 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > revolving or rotating rolling?1518 turning1558 gyreful1566 gyring1590 revoluble1598 ambient?1614 vertiginous1680 revolving1681 rotating1757 veering1798 gyratory1815 peristrephic1816 peristrephical1827 gyral1828 gyrating1837 volutory1839 volvent1898 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. i. 91 His..gyratings are at an end. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) xix. §795 The gyrating column is never hundreds of miles in diameter. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. vii. 242 A kind of mystery attaches itself to gyrating water. 1884 Daily News 24 Apr. 6 Other articles in the house appearing to perform a gyrating movement. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.1830v.1822 |
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