spirals

英 [ˈspaɪrəlz]

美 [ˈspaɪrəlz]

n.  螺旋形; 螺旋式; 逐渐加速上升(或下降)
v.  螺旋式上升(或下降); 盘旋上升(或下降); 急剧增长
spiral的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 spiraling, spiraled


• N-COUNT 螺旋(形)
  Aspiralis a shape which winds round and round, with each curve above or outside the previous one.
  1. Spiralis also an adjective.
     
  2. ...a spiral staircase.
     螺旋形楼梯
• V-ERG (使)盘旋着生长(或移动)
  If somethingspiralsoris spiralledsomewhere, it grows or moves in a spiral curve.
  1. Vines spiraled upward toward the roof...
     藤蔓盘旋着朝屋顶方向生长。
  2. ...a bullet spiralling out of a gun barrel...
     从枪管里飞旋而出的子弹
  3. A joss stick spiralled smoke.
     一柱线香青烟袅袅。
  4. Spiralis also a noun.
     
  5. Larks were rising in spirals from the ridge.
     云雀从山脊上盘旋着飞起。
• VERB (数量、水平)急遽增长
  If an amount or levelspirals, it rises quickly and at an increasing rate.
  1. Production costs began to spiral.
     生产成本开始急遽上升。
  2. ...a spiralling trend of violence...
     暴力急遽上升的态势
  3. The divorce rate is spiralling upwards.
     离婚率正急遽上升。
  4. Spiralis also a noun.
     
  5. ...an inflationary spiral.
     急遽加快的通货膨胀
  6. ...a spiral of debt.
     债务激增
• VERB (数量、水平)急遽变化
  If an amount or levelspiralsdownwards, it falls quickly and at an increasing rate.
  1. House prices will continue to spiral downwards.
     房价将继续暴跌。

双语例句

• This kind of negative thinking spirals out of control quickly.
  这类消极思维会很快地失去控制。
• Consciousness spirals as if from the top of a pyramid-down to third dimension.
  意识成螺旋状下降好像从金字塔的顶端下到第三维空间。
• A half-mile trail winds past lava boulders incised with mysterious markings from the past: turtles, warriors, fish, and enigmatic spirals.
  半英里径风切过去，熔岩、巨石与神秘的标记，从过去到现在有：海龟，勇士，鱼，和神秘的螺旋。
• The desert floor is covered with thousands of lines, geometrical figures and hundreds of pictures and spirals& like a leaf from a sketchbook.
  这片荒漠上有着数以千计的线条、几何图形和数百的图画及螺旋形线条&犹如写生簿中的一页。
• Such S0 galaxies, with disks like spirals and large bulges like ellipticals, are called'lenticular'galaxies.
  这种有盘旋结构和像椭圆的凸起结构的“S0”型星系被称作“两面凸”星系。
• Here, in his poems of the1920s and1930s, winding stairs, spinning tops," gyres," spirals of all kinds, are important symbols;
  在他1920年代和1930年代的诗歌中，旋梯、陀螺、漩涡，各种各样的螺旋形，是重要的象征。
• Arranged in or forming whorls or a whorl. botany; not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls.
  轮生的，有毛轮的轮状排列或者轮生的植物学；不是轮生的；特别是有排成螺旋而不是排成轮生体的部分。
• Moving in curves or spirals.
  以曲线或螺旋式移动的。
• Instead, with no control at all, the airship spirals off into the darkness of space, the distant stars gleaming at it silently.
  它完全失去了控制，旋转着冲入外层空间的黑暗中，遥远的群星注视着它，沉默。
• However, there is little evidence of wage-price spirals in the developing world.
  不过，几乎没有证据表明发展中国家的工资成本上升。