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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The MSCs were in fusiform shape, arranged in bundles or whorls, and can successfully be transdifferentiated into adipocytes, which was confirmed by using Oil Red-O staining.
  体外培养的骨髓间充质干细胞呈梭形，呈束状、漩涡状排列，可成功诱导成脂肪细胞，油红-O染色显示含有脂滴；
• The primordia of stamens initiate nearly in two whorls.
  雄蕊原基近两轮发生。
• For example, the number of pistils was the more frequently increased than organs in the outer whorls.
  比如雌蕊的数目增加通常要比外轮器官数目增加频繁。
• Flowers are formed in concentric whorls of sepals, petals, stamens and carpels.
  萼片、花瓣、雄蕊和雌蕊同心排列构成完全花。
• Any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers; yield substances used medicinally especially as emetics or purgatives.
  任何属于萝芙木属的灌木或小树，有轮生体的叶子和聚伞花序的花；产生的物质用在医药上，特别是催吐剂和泻剂。
• Branch growth for internode length ( IL) and basal diameter ( BD) was determine by vernier caliper, and their partial correlations with respect to the whorls were calculated.
  结果表明，同一年份枝条节间长、基径生长量随轮枝层的下降呈波动式下降趋势。
• He stared at the whorls and lines of her fingertips.
  他盯着她指尖的涡纹和流纹。