| 单词 | spiralling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈspiralling ˈspiralling adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > progressive increase mo and moOE crescendo1785 spiral1931 escalation1938 spiralling1944 snowballing1966 the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > increasing progressively feeding1641 rolling1719 snowballing1861 spiralling1944 escalatory1965 1944 W. H. Auden For Time Being (1945) 90 Even the problems of Trade Cycles And Spiralling Prices are regarded by the experts As practically solved. 1958 Spectator 18 July 92/3 The twin threat of a renewed world currency crisis and a spiralling of trade restriction. 1965 Listener 27 May 797/2 The book is worth a shelf-load of those fashionable intellectualities that oh-so-knowingly chart out the spirallings of psychotic zombies, incapable of feelings, incapable of contacts, their spiritual telephone-wires all cut. 1969 H. Perkin Key Profession iv. 138 The post-war situation of spiralling prices and incomes. 1979 E. H. Gombrich Sense of Order vi. 160 Spiralling terminations suggest the curling of elastic matter. 1979 Nature 14 June 622/1 Viscous drag on the planet's orbital motion would then lead to a spiralling into the stellar core. 1980 Oxf. Diocesan Mag. June 7/2 The failure of extrinsic motivation to fill the need is evident from the spiralling demands of frustrated materialists. < as lemmas |
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