n. 纺锤,纱锭;轴;细长的人或物;[生]纺锤体 adj. 像锭子的,绽子似的;细长的 vt. 装锭子于;长成细长茎;用纺锤形锉打眼 vi. 长得细长 复数: spindles 第三人称单数: spindles 过去式: spindled 过去分词: spindled 现在分词: spindling 易混淆的单词: Spindle
中文词源
spindle 纺轴
来自 spin,纺织,编织,-le,工具格后缀。插入字母-d,比较 sound.用于指纺轴。
spindle 用法和例句
In her works the spiralling spindle represented the beginning of chaos .
在她的作品里,旋转的纺锤代表了混乱的开始。
Here 's the story : about 13 miles from this spindle of rock , there 's a bigger island , called lord howe island .
故事是这样的:在距离这块纺锤形岩石13英里的地方,有个更大些的岛,叫做豪勋爵岛。
There are many different types of neuron , only one of which is unique to humans and the other great apes , the so called spindle cells .
而在多种神经元中,只有一种是人类和其他类人猿所独有的,即所谓的纺锤形细胞。
One pertinent observation is that dolphins , whales and their kind have brains as anatomically complex as those of humans , and that these brains contain a particular type of nerve cell , known as a spindle cell , that in humans is associated with higher cognitive functions such as abstract reasoning .