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单词 spindle side
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spindle /spinˈdl/

noun
  1. The pin by which thread is twisted
  2. A pin on which anything turns
  3. The fusee of a watch
  4. Anything very slender
  5. A spindle-shaped structure containing microtubules, formed within the nucleus or cytoplasm at the end of prophase during mitosis and meiosis (biology)
intransitive verb

To grow long and slender

ORIGIN: OE spinel, from spinnan to spin; Ger Spindel

spinˈdling noun

  1. A person or thing too long and slender
  2. A slender shoot
adjective

Long and slender

spinˈdly adjective

Disproportionally long and slender

spinˈdle-legged or spinˈdle-shanked adjective

Having long thin legs, like spindles

spinˈdle-legs or spinˈdle-shanks plural noun

  1. Long slim legs
  2. Hence (as sing) a person with long thin legs

spindle moulder noun (building)

A woodworking machine with a revolving spindle to which cutters of various shapes can be fixed

spindle oil noun

Very light and fluid lubricating oil

spinˈdle-shaped adjective

Shaped like a spindle, thickest in the middle and tapering to both ends

spindle shell noun

A gastropod (genus Fusus) with a spindle-shaped shell

spindle side noun

The female side or line of descent, distaff side, opp to spear side

spindle tree noun

A shrub (Euonymus europaeus) of the Celastraceae, whose hard-grained wood was used for making spindles

spindle whorl noun

A heavy ring giving momentum to the spindle

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