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单词 spiral
释义

spire1 /spīr/

noun
  1. A tapering or conical body, esp a tree-top
  2. A flower spike
  3. A tall slender architectural structure tapering to a point
  4. A shoot, sprout
  5. A stalk, esp a long slender one
  6. A reed or reedlike plant (also collectively)
  7. A deer's tine
  8. A spike
  9. A cone
  10. A summit, peak
intransitive verb
  1. To sprout
  2. To shoot up
transitive verb
  1. To furnish with, or form into, a spire
  2. To put forth as a shoot or fruit (Spenser)
ORIGIN: OE spīr shoot, stem; cf spike2, spine

spīrˈal adjective (rare)

Towering and tapering

spirˈalism noun

Advancement through, or the concept of, a spirally structured career (or social, etc) system

spirˈalist noun

  1. Someone engaged in spiralism
  2. Loosely, an ambitious person

spirˈally adverb

spired adjective

  1. Having a spire
  2. Tapering, conical
  3. Peaked
  4. Spiked
  5. Sprouted

spireˈless adjective

spireˈwise adverb

spīrˈy adjective

  1. Shooting into spires
  2. Spire-like
  3. Tapering
  4. Abounding in spires

spireˈ-steeple noun

A steeple with a spire

spire2 /spīr/

noun
  1. A coil
  2. A spiral
  3. The helical part of a shell, excluding the body-whorl
intransitive verb

To wind, mount, or proceed in spirals

ORIGIN: Gr speira a coil, a tore

spīrˈal adjective

  1. (in general but non-technical usage) winding like the thread of a screw
  2. With parts arranged in spirals (botany)
noun
  1. A spiral line, course, or object
  2. A two-dimensional curve, the locus of a point whose distance from a fixed point varies according to some rule as the radius vector revolves (mathematics)
  3. (in general but non-technical usage) a helix
  4. A gradual but continuous rise or fall, as of prices
intransitive verb
  1. To go in a spiral
  2. (of stocks and shares) to decrease in value uncontrollably (informal)
transitive verb

To make spiral

spīralˈiform adjective

In or based on the shape of a spiral

spīrality /-alˈi-ti/ noun

spīrˈally adverb

spīrasˈter noun

(Gr astēr star) a coiled sponge spicule with radiating spines

spīrˈāted adjective

Spirally twisted

spīrˈēme noun

In mitosis, the coiled thread formed by nuclear chromatin

spīrˈic adjective

Like a tore or anchor-ring

noun

A curve, the plane section of a tore

spīrillˈar adjective

spīrillōˈsis noun

Infection with a spirillum

spīrillˈum noun (pl spīrillˈa)

Any rigid, spiral-shaped bacterium of the genus Spirillum, eg S. minus that causes ratbite fever

spīˈroid adjective

With the form of, or like, a spiral

spīrˈy adjective

Spirally coiled

spiral arm noun

An arm of a spiral galaxy

spiral binding noun

A method of binding a book or notebook by threading a wire or plastic spiral through punched holes at the spine of each page

spiral bound adjective

spiral fracture noun (medicine)

A fracture of a bone caused by a sudden violent twisting movement

spiral galaxy noun (astronomy)

One of a large class of galaxies, with two spiral arms emerging from a bright central ellipsoidal nucleus about which they rotate

spiral ratchet screwdriver noun

A ratchet screwdriver which can be made to turn in either direction by downward pressure on a sleeve which applies torque to helical grooves in the shaft

spiral staircase noun

A staircase in the form of a spiral, with a central column around which the steps are built

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