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单词 gyrations
释义

gyre /jīr/

noun
  1. A ring, circle (literary)
  2. A circular or spiral turn or movement (literary)
  3. A rotating ocean current (geography)
transitive verb and intransitive verb (in Lewis Carroll pronounced /gīr/)

To spin round, gyrate

ORIGIN: L gīrus, from Gr gȳros a circle, ring

gyrˈal or gyrˈant adjective

gyrˈally adverb

gyrateˈ intransitive verb

To revolve, spin, whirl

adjective /jīrˈāt/

Curved round in a coil

gyrāˈtion noun

  1. A whirling motion
  2. A whirl or twist (also figurative)
  3. A whorl

gyrāˈtional adjective

gyrāˈtory adjective

  1. Revolving
  2. Spinning round
  3. (of traffic) revolving in one-way lines, or (of traffic systems) designed or working on this principle
noun

A gyratory traffic system

gyroidˈal adjective

  1. Spiral
  2. Rotatory

gyrˈose adjective

  1. Having a folded surface
  2. Marked with wavy lines or ridges

gyrˈous adjective

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