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spindle 音标拼音: [sp'ɪndəl] n. 纱锭,纺锤,轴
vi. 变细长
vt. 装锭子于
a. 象锭子的 纱锭,纺锤,轴变细长装锭子於象锭子的 spindle转轴 spindle转轴 spindle n 1: ( biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle; " chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis" 2: a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc. 3: any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts [ synonym: { spindle}, { mandrel}, { mandril}, { arbor}] 4: a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning 5: any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp- pointed object; " the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order" [ synonym: { spike}, { spindle}] Spindle \ Spin" dle\, n. [ AS. spinal, fr. spinnan to spin; akin to D. spil, G. spille, spindel, OHG. spinnala. [ root] 170. See { Spin}.] 1. The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane. Specifically: [ 1913 Webster] ( a) ( Mach.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc. [ 1913 Webster] ( b) ( Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns. [ 1913 Webster] ( c) ( Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The fusee of a watch. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle. [ 1913 Webster] 5. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15, 120 yards; in linen yarn, 14, 400 yards. [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Geom.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord. [ 1913 Webster] 7. ( Zool.) ( a) Any marine univalve shell of the genus { Rostellaria}; -- called also { spindle stromb}. ( b) Any marine gastropod of the genus { Fusus}. [ 1913 Webster] { Dead spindle} ( Mach.), a spindle in a machine tool that does not revolve; the spindle of the tailstock of a lathe. { Live spindle} ( Mach.), the revolving spindle of a machine tool; the spindle of the headstock of a turning lathe. { Spindle shell}. ( Zool.) See { Spindle}, 7. above. { Spindle side}, the female side in descent; in the female line; opposed to { spear side}. -- Ld. Lytton. [ R.] " King Lycaon, grandson, by the spindle side, of Oceanus." -- Lowell. { Spindle tree} ( Bot.), any shrub or tree of the genus { Eunymus}. The wood of { Eunymus Europaeus} was used for spindles and skewers. See { Prickwood}. [ 1913 Webster]
Spindle \ Spin" dle\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Spindled}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Spindling}.] To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender. [ 1913 Webster] It has begun to spindle into overintellectuality. -- Lowell. [ 1913 Webster] 25 Moby Thesaurus words for " spindle": arbor, axis, axle, axle bar, axle shaft, axle spindle, axle- tree, distaff, fulcrum, gimbal, gudgeon, hinge, hingle, hub, mandrel, nave, oarlock, pin, pintle, pivot, pole, radiant, rowlock, swivel, trunnion
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