| 单词 | whorl |
| 释义 | whorl /hwerrl, hwawrl, werrl, wawrl/, n. 1. a circular arrangement of like parts, as leaves or flowers, around a point on an axis; verticil. 2. one of the turns or volutions of a spiral shell. 3. anything shaped like a coil. 4. one of the central ridges of a fingerprint, forming at least one complete circle. 5. Textiles. a flywheel or pulley, as for a spindle. [1425-75; late ME whorle, whorvil, wharwyl, OE hwyrfel, equiv. to hweorfa whorl of a spindle + -el n. suffix] |
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