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单词 whorl
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
whorl /hwɜrl, hwɔrl, wɜrl, wɔrl/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Botanya circular arrangement of similar parts, as of leaves.
  2. one of the central ridges of a fingerprint.
whorled, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
whorl  (hwûrl, hwôrl, wûrl, wôrl),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Botanya circular arrangement of like parts, as leaves or flowers, around a point on an axis;
    verticil.
  2. Invertebratesone of the turns or volutions of a spiral shell.
  3. anything shaped like a coil.
  4. one of the central ridges of a fingerprint, forming at least one complete circle.
  5. Textilesa flywheel or pulley, as for a spindle.
  • late Middle English whorle, whorvil, wharwyl, Old English hwyrfel, equivalent. to hweorfa whorl of a spindle + -el noun, nominal suffix 1425–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
whorl /wɜːl/ n
  1. a radial arrangement of three or more petals, stamens, leaves, etc, around a stem
  2. a single turn in a spiral shell
  3. anything shaped like a coil
Etymology: 15th Century: probably variant of wherville whirl, influenced by Dutch worvel

whorled adj
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