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

• And the shape of spirals also seem to follow the golden ratio.
  而且，螺旋的形状也符合黄金分割率。
• 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。
• 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。
• It uses swimlanes instead of spirals to represent evolutions and rectangular solids instead of cylinders to depict iterations.
  它使用泳道代替螺旋来表示演进，并且用长方体代替圆柱来描述迭代。
• Second, this escalating homogeneity inevitably spirals into conflict and violence, because soon everyone is competing for the same things.
  其次，这种不断增强的同质化趋势会不可避免地螺旋升级，造成冲突和暴力，因为很快每个人都会开始争抢同样的东西。
• 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。
• 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。
• In other words, accumulation proceeds in a wave-like manner or in spirals.
  就是说，积累是波浪式的，或者叫作螺旋式的。
• Each of the spirals of light resolved into points.
  每一束螺旋光都分解成了光点。
• As the mountain path spirals up, the beauty of the scene fills one with enchantment.
  山路盘旋而上，风景优美，引人入胜。