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 display showed how wool was spun using hand-held spindles, twisting the fibers into thread. "博物館の展示では、手持ちの紡錘を使って羊毛を紡ぎ、繊維を糸に撚る様子が示されていました。technologyutensilmachineworkindustryagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Shareスピンドル、軸A rod which turns, or on which something turns."the spindle of a vane"風見鶏の軸。partmachinetechnicalChat 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 spindles on the lathe to carve the table legs. "木工職人は、テーブルの脚を彫るために、旋盤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 grows spindles in her garden, hoping to revive the old craft of hand-spinning wool. "祖母は、手紡ぎの羊毛という古い工芸を復活させたいと願い、庭にニシキギを育てています。plantmaterialagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Shareスピンドル、書類とじAn upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering."The busy office assistant used spindles to keep the completed order forms organized on her desk. "忙しいオフィスのアシスタントは、完了した注文フォームを机の上で整理するために書類とじを使用しました。stationeryitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share時計の心棒The fusee of a watch."The watchmaker carefully polished the spindles inside the antique pocket watch. "時計職人は、アンティーク懐中時計内部の心棒を注意深く磨きました。technologymachinetimedeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share紡錘A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle."The thin, bare branches of the winter tree looked like delicate spindles reaching towards the sky. "冬の木の細く裸の枝は、空に向かって伸びる繊細な紡錘のように見えました。partstructureChat 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 factory ordered five spindles of cotton yarn, which equals 75,600 yards of material for making fabric. "工場は、布地を作るための材料として75,600ヤードに相当する綿糸の紡錘を5つ注文しました。unitamountmaterialbusinessindustryagriculturetechnicaleconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareスピンドルA solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord."The woodworker shaped the table legs into elegant spindles using a lathe. "木工職人は旋盤を使ってテーブルの脚を優雅なスピンドルに成形しました。mathsciencefigureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareツノガイAny marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb."The beachcomber carefully added the delicate spindles, with their elongated shapes, to her collection of seashells. "浜辺を散歩する人は、細長い形の繊細なツノガイを、貝殻のコレクションに注意深く加えました。animalnauticaloceanbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareフデガイAny marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus."The collector displayed several spindles in her aquarium, each with a gracefully elongated, fusiform shell. "収集家は水槽の中にいくつかのフデガイを展示し、それぞれが優雅に細長い紡錘形の殻を持っていた。animalorganismnauticaloceanbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share紡錘体A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis"During cell division, the spindles ensure that each new cell receives the correct number of chromosomes. "細胞分裂中、紡錘体は各新しい細胞が正しい数の染色体を受け取るようにします。biologyanatomystructureorganismphysiologyChat 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 hiking near the New Jersey coast, my grandfather, who grew up there, pointed out a dragonfly and called it a "spindle," explaining it was an old name used in the area. "ニュージャージーの海岸近くでハイキングをしていると、そこで育った祖父がトンボを指し、「トンボ」と呼び、その地域で使われていた古い名前だと説明しました。insectlanguagebiologywordanimalnaturelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
