spiral

英['spaɪrəl] 美['spaɪrəl]
  • n. 螺旋；螺旋形之物；不断恶化、增加或减少
  • v. 螺旋移动；盘旋上升；不断恶化、增加或减少
  • adj. 螺旋形的；盘旋的
spirally spirality spiraled/spiralled spiraled/spiralled spiraling/spiralling spirals/spirals
CET6 TEM4 IELTS 考 研 TOEFL
使用频率:
星级词汇:
  • spicate adj.有穗的；穗状花序的

详细释义

    adj. (形容词)
    1. 螺旋的 advancing or ascending in a continuous curve that winds round a central point
    n. (名词)
    1. [C] 螺旋(线) spiral line
    2. [C] 螺旋式的上升(或下降) continuous increase or decrease in two or more quantities alternately because each depends on the other(s)
    v. (动词)
    1. vi. 盘旋上升(或下降) move in a spiral course
    2. vi. (物价等)不断急剧地上升(或下降) increase or decrease continuously

英英释义

Noun:
  1. a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center

  2. a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle

  3. a continuously accelerating change in the economy

  4. ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center

  5. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops;

    "a coil of rope"

  6. flying downward in a helical path with a large radius

Adjective:
  1. in the shape of a coil

Verb:
  1. to wind or move in a spiral course;

    "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"
    "black smoke coiling up into the sky"
    "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"

  2. form a spiral;

    "The path spirals up the mountain"

  3. move in a spiral or zigzag course

双语例句

1. The process is not a circle but rather a spiral.
这个过程不是一个圆周运动而是螺旋上升型的。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The spiral of terrorism becomes never-ending.
恐怖主义活动没完没了，不断升级。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The birds circled in a slow spiral above the house.
鸟儿在房子上空缓缓盘旋。

来自《权威词典》

4. Her hair was styled into a cascade of spiral curls.
她的头发被做成了瀑布般的螺旋形鬈发.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Their profits began to spiral down disastrously.
他们的利润开始螺旋形地急剧下降.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Society invariably moves forward in a spiral.
      社会的运动总是采取螺旋形前进的。
    2. This caused a downward spiral into depression.
      这使经济下滑恶化为经济萧条。
    用作动词 (v.)
    1. The smoke spiraled upwards.
      那股烟袅袅上升。
    2. Prices are still spiralling.
      价格仍然在急剧上涨。
    3. Their profits began to spiral down disastrously.
      他们的利润开始螺旋形地急剧下降。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. A snails shell is spiral in form.
      蜗牛的外壳形状是螺旋形的。
    2. Her hair was styled into a cascade of spiral curls.
      她的头发被做成了瀑布般的螺旋形鬈发。
    3. The steam travels in spiral paths.
      蒸汽是盘旋上升的。
    4. The light house has spiral stairs leading to the top.
      塔有个盘旋上升通向塔顶的梯子。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    用作表语 S+be+～+ prep. -phrase
    1. A snail's shell is spiral in form.
      蜗牛壳呈螺旋形。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. A coiled spring forms a spiral.
      一条卷起来的弹簧形成一个螺旋形。
    2. They ticked off a few specific causes for the price spiral in their country.
      他们列举了他们国内物价螺旋形上升的几个具体原因。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作不及物动词 S+～(+A)
    1. The falling leaf spiralled to the ground.
      落叶盘旋着飘到了地上。
    2. Prices are still spiralling.
      物价仍在急剧上涨。

用法讲解

相关词汇

【邻近词汇】

spire spine Spirale spirally spiralis spiralin spirales spiralia spirality spiralism Spiral CT spiral up
展开全文

大家正在查

arrhizal是什么意思 arride是什么意思 arriero是什么意思 arris是什么意思 arrisways是什么意思 arrival是什么意思 arrive是什么意思 arrivisme是什么意思 arriviste是什么意思 arroba是什么意思