gyre

n. 旋回, 回转, 旋转, 漩涡 vi. 旋回

发音

UK /d͡ʒaɪ.ə/
其它
US /d͡ʒaɪ.ɚ/

词形变化

gyres 复数 gyres gyred gyres 三单 gyring gyring 现在分词 gyred 过去式 gyred 过去分词

别名

gire

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A swirling vortex.

    文学 诗歌
  2. 2.

    A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.

    文学 诗歌
  3. 3.

    Synonym of gyrus (“a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain”).

    古体 医学 生物 动物学
  4. 4.

    An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.

    环流

    Most ships that tried to cross the Pacific in the past would get stuck in the gyres and never make it out.

v.
  1. 1.

    To spin around; to gyrate, to whirl.

    不及物 文学 诗歌
  2. 2.

    To make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl.

    文学 诗歌 罕用 及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

roll scroll curl coil curlicue ringlet whorl

下位词 3

corolla calyx verticil

词源

Borrowed from Latin gȳrus (“circle; circular motion”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle; ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend; to curve”). The English word is a doublet of gyro and gyrus.

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