noun🔗Share紡錘(spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread."The museum exhibit showed a woman using a spindle to twist wool fibers into yarn. "博物館の展示では、女性が紡錘を使って羊毛繊維を糸に撚っている様子が示されていました。technologyutensilmachineindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share紡錘, 軸A rod which turns, or on which something turns."the spindle of a vane"風見鶏の軸machineparttechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share主軸A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool."The woodworker carefully adjusted the speed of the drill's spindle to prevent burning the delicate wood. "木工職人は、繊細な木材が焦げるのを防ぐために、ドリルの主軸の速度を慎重に調整しました。machinetechnicalpartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareニシキギCertain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool."My grandmother remembers her mother growing spindle in the garden not for its pretty leaves, but to harvest the wood for making tools used in spinning yarn. "祖母は、母が美しい葉のためではなく、糸を紡ぐのに使われる道具を作るために木を収穫するために、庭でニシキギを育てていたのを覚えています。plantmaterialmachinebiologynatureindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Shareスピンドル、串An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering."The busy waitress quickly added the order slip to the spindle on the kitchen counter. "忙しいウェイトレスは、キッチンのカウンターにある串に注文伝票を素早く追加しました。stationeryitemwritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareスピンドルThe fusee of a watch."The watchmaker carefully cleaned the spindle, a critical component connecting the fusee to the movement of the antique pocket watch. "時計職人は、アンティーク懐中時計のムーブメントにフューズを接続する重要な部品であるスピンドルを丁寧に掃除しました。technologymachinedevicetimetechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share紡錘A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle."The thin, central part of the flower, the spindle, held the delicate petals together. "花の細く中心部分である紡錘が、繊細な花びらをまとめていた。partmaterialstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share紡錘A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards."The textile factory produces several spindle of cotton yarn each day, totaling over 15,000 yards per spindle. "その繊維工場は毎日、1紡錘あたり15,000ヤードを超える綿糸をいくつか生産しています。materialunitnumbertechnicalindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share紡錘A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord."The woodworker used a lathe to shape the baseball bat, creating a smooth spindle as the wood revolved around its axis. "木工職人は野球のバットを成形するために旋盤を使用し、木材が軸を中心に回転しながら滑らかな紡錘を作り出しました。mathfigureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Shareスピンドル、ツノガイAny marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb."The collector carefully placed the delicate spindle next to the other rare seashells in her display. "収集家は、展示されている他の珍しい貝殻の隣に、繊細なツノガイを慎重に置きました。animalnauticalbiologyoceanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share紡錘, フシ属の紡錘形をした巻貝Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus."The shell collector carefully identified the elongated, pointy shell as a spindle, noting its resemblance to the obsolete Fusus genus. "貝殻収集家は、細長い尖った貝殻を紡錘として注意深く特定し、廃止された Fusus 属との類似性に注目した。animaloceanbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share紡錘体A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis"During cell division in science class, we learned that the spindle is crucial for separating chromosomes correctly. "理科の授業で細胞分裂について学びましたが、紡錘体が染色体を正しく分離するために不可欠であることがわかりました。biologyanatomyphysiologystructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Shareトンボ(coastal New Jersey) a dragonfly, calque of Swedish slända (dragonfly/spindle), introduced by New Sweden settlers."While visiting the Jersey shore near where New Sweden settlers once lived, my grandfather pointed to a dragonfly and called it a "spindle." "かつてニュー・スウェーデンの入植者が住んでいた近くのニュージャージー海岸を訪れた際、祖父はトンボを指して「トンボ」と呼びました。languageinsectbiologynaturewordplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share紡錘形にするTo make into a long tapered shape."The artist used a special tool to spindle the clay into a long, elegant neck for the vase. "その芸術家は、花瓶の長く優雅な首を作るために、特別な道具を使って粘土を紡錘形にしました。technicalmachineprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share紡錘形になるTo take on a long tapered shape."The carrot began to spindle as it sat in the refrigerator for too long. "ニンジンは冷蔵庫に長く置いておくと紡錘形になり始めた。appearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share串刺しにする、綴じるTo impale on a device for holding paper documents."Do not fold, spindle or mutilate this document."この書類を折り曲げたり、串刺しにしたり、損傷させたりしないでください。stationeryitemutensildeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
