whorl
Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs,…Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs, or a spiral.
» Can you stop standing behind me and looking at my hair whorl?
Значение
значений: 5Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs, or a spiral.
Wirbel, Kringel, Windung
A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
Any volution, as for example in the human ear or fingerprint.
A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle.
Spinnwirtel
пря́слицеprjáslice, пря́слоprjáslo, пря́сленьprjáslenʹ
- lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
Примеры
предложений: 2Can you stop standing behind me and looking at my hair whorl?
An interesting fact is how only 10% of people have an anticlockwise hair whorl.
Переводы
языков: 6По значениям 1
По значениям 2
Происхождение
From alteration of whirl (verb).From alteration of whirl (verb).
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