| 单词 | gyre |
| 释义 | gyre[ jahyuhr ] / dʒaɪər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR gyre ON THESAURUS.COM nouna ring or circle. a circular course or motion. Oceanography. a ringlike system of ocean currents rotating clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. Origin of gyre1560–70; <Latin gȳrus<Greek gŷros ring, circle OTHER WORDS FROM gyresub·gyre, nounsu·per·gyre, nounWords nearby gyregyrate, gyrate atrophy of choroid and retina, gyration, gyrator, gyratory, gyre, gyrectomy, gyrene, gyrfalcon, gyri insulae, gyro Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gyre
British Dictionary definitions for gyregyre / (dʒaɪə) mainly literary / nouna circular or spiral movement or path a ring, circle, or spiral verb(intr) to whirl Word Origin for gyreC16: from Latin gӯrus circle, from Greek guros Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for gyregyre [ jīr ] A spiral oceanic surface current driven primarily by the global wind system and constrained by the continents surrounding the three ocean basins (Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian). Each ocean basin has a large gyre in the subtropical region, centered around 30° north and south latitude. Smaller gyres occur at 50° north latitude in the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The direction of a gyre's rotation is determined by the prevailing winds in the region, with the large subtropical gyres rotating clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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