helix

英 [ˈhiːlɪks]

美 [ˈhiːlɪks]

n.  螺旋(形)

复数：helixes　

IELTS化学

BNC.17577 / COCA.22645

牛津词典

noun

• 螺旋（形）
  a shape like a spiral or a line curved around a cylinder or cone

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 螺旋形;螺旋体
  Ahelixis a spiral shape or form.
  1. Coil the fibre into a helix.
     将纤维卷绕成螺旋形。

英英释义

noun

• a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
  1. a coil of rope
  Synonym:coilspiralvolutewhorl
• a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
  Synonym:spiral

双语例句

• The DNA molecule is a double helix, resembling a ladder that's been twisted along its length.
  （脱氧核糖核酸）的分子是一种双螺旋结构，酷似一架沿纵向扭曲的梯子。
• Structurally, DNA is composed of two strands that intertwine to form a spring-like structure called the double helix.
  从结构上讲，DNA是由两条链相互缠绕构成弹簧状结构称为双螺旋。
• Accustomed to midnight, the helix and the cold finger of friction.
  习惯了午夜时分耳轮和指尖冰凉的摩擦。
• Coil the fibre into a helix.
  将纤维卷绕成螺旋形。
• They find a third, separated strand in the center of the double helix.
  他们发现了第三条，在双螺旋体中心的单独条。
• There are five other double helix pairs in the DNA system.
  在dna系统里还有五条其它的双螺旋对。
• From the STMimages, we could see clearly the helix pitch and helix diameter of helix structure.
  由STM图象中我们能清晰地观察到螺旋结构的螺距与螺径。
• Some biological molecules have the form of a helix.
  有些生物分子呈螺旋状。
• Deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA for short) is a kind of germ plasm with the structure of double helix.
  脱氧核糖核酸（简称DNA）是生物体内的一种具有双螺旋结构的遗传物质。
• Helix formation of an open central space, light from the round glass top layer.
  螺旋的中部形成一个敞开的空间，从玻璃圆层顶采光。