单词音标：
【音标】 [hwә:l]
汉语翻译
n. 轮生体, 螺层, 螺旋状物, 涡vt. 使成涡漩
【医】 螺环, 轮生体(植物), 涡(指纹)
英语解释：
名词 whorl:
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)同义词：coil, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
- a strand or cluster of hair同义词：lock, curl, ringlet
- a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops同义词：coil, spiral, volute, helix
详细解释：
whorl
n.（名词）A form that coils or spirals; a curl or swirl:螺旋状物、卷状物：盘旋或螺旋形前进的形式；卷、旋涡：例句：spread the icing in peaks and whorls.在尖上和卷上洒上糖衣
Botany An arrangement of three or more leaves, petals, or other organs radiating from a single node.【植物学】 轮生体：一个节上三个或多个叶子、花瓣或其它器官的排列Zoology A single turn or volution of a spiral shell.【动物学】 壳阶、螺层、毛轮：螺壳的一个单个转变处或涡卷One of the circular ridges or convolutions of a fingerprint.涡：指纹的圆圈或盘旋结构Architecture An ornamental device, as in stonework or weaving, consisting of stylized vine leaves and tendrils.【建筑学】 螺层：一种含有很风格化的藤叶和卷须的装饰结构，如石制品或纺织品上A small flywheel that regulates the speed of a spinning wheel.锭盘：调整手纺车速度的小飞轮
来源：Middle English whorle 中古英语 whorle alteration influenced by wharle variant of whorlwyl from Middle Dutch worvel 受 wharle的影响 whorlwyl的变体 源自 中古荷兰语 worvel of whirle [whirl] whirle的变化 [旋转] from whirlen [to whirl] * see whirl 源自 whirlen [旋转] *参见 whirl
