whorls

英 [wɜːlz]

美 [wɜrlz]

n.  螺旋状图案; 螺纹; 轮，轮生体(环生于植物茎部的叶、花等)
whorl的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (指纹等的)涡，螺旋状
  Awhorlis a spiral shape, for example the pattern on the tips of your fingers.
  1. He stared at the whorls and lines of her fingertips.
     他盯着她指尖的涡纹和流纹。
  2. ...dense whorls of red-purple flowers.
     层层叠叠的紫红色花朵

双语例句

• 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。
• Most of glandular cells became adherent after 24h of culture and formed tightly packed whorls after 4d. Individual cells were polygonal and had a large and round nucleus.
  大部分腺体细胞在接种24h后贴壁，培养后4d左右腺体细胞呈旋涡状排列，单个细胞为多角形，核大而圆。
• Juvenile leaves are needlelike; mature leaves are awl-shaped, spreading, and arranged in pairs or in whorls of three.
  幼叶呈针状，成熟叶呈锥状，成对或3叶轮生。
• ( botany) lacking one or more of the four whorls of the complete flower& sepals or petals or stamens or pistils.
  （植物学）缺少完全花的四个轮生体当中的一个或者多个&萼片、花瓣、雄蕊或者雌蕊。
• He stared at the whorls and lines of her fingertips.
  他盯着她指尖的涡纹和流纹。
• The density and size of whorls are related to sedimentation rate.
  螺旋的疏密、大小与相对沉积速度有关。
• The Analysis of Double Loop Whorls of The Left-Handed Han Nationality
  汉族左利的双箕斗纹分析
• The whorls and ridges on your fingertips can identify you based on what you touch.
  指尖上的螺纹和脊状纹路可以根据您触摸的物体来识别您。
• Methods A case of dedifferentiated liposarcoma with meningothelial like whorls and bone formation was studied by conventional histopathology, immunohistochemistry and literature review.
  方法：应用常规病理和免疫组化对1例伴脑膜上皮样漩涡和骨化的去分化脂肪肉瘤进行临床病理分析并复习相关文献。
• There's a broken whorl on the thumb and four whorls on the fingers of the left hand.
  左手的大拇指是个破螺，其他四个指头都是螺。