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英英字典: spiral


KK Pronunciation

〔 ˋspaIrәl 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˊspaiәrәl 〕


Overview of noun spiral

The noun spiral has 6 senses


  • spiral -- (a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center)

  • helix, spiral -- (a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle)

  • spiral -- (a continuously accelerating change in the economy)

  • spiral, volute -- (ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center)

  • coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix -- (a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope")

  • spiral -- (flying downward in a helical path with a large radius)


Overview of verb spiral

The verb spiral has 3 senses


  • gyrate, spiral, coil -- (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")

  • spiral -- (form a spiral; "The path spirals up the mountain")

  • corkscrew, spiral -- (move in a spiral or zigzag course)


Overview of adj spiral

The adj spiral has 1 sense


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