noun🔗Share锭子, 纺锤。 (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. "博物馆的展览展示了一位女士使用纺锤将羊毛纤维捻成纱线。technologyutensilmachineindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share轴，锭子 A rod which turns, or on which something turns."the spindle of a vane"叶片的转轴machineparttechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share主轴，锭子。 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. "木工小心地调整了钻头的主轴转速，以防止烧焦精细的木材。machinetechnicalpartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share卫矛属植物，纺锤树。 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. "我奶奶记得她母亲在花园里种卫矛树（纺锤树），不是为了欣赏它漂亮的叶子，而是为了收获它的木材来制作纺线的工具。plantmaterialmachinebiologynatureindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share纸捻子，纸扦。 An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering."The busy waitress quickly added the order slip to the spindle on the kitchen counter. "忙碌的女服务员迅速把点餐单插到厨房台面上的纸捻子上。stationeryitemwritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share表轴，轴锤。 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. "钟表匠小心地清洗了表轴，这是连接古董怀表发条盒和机芯的关键部件。technologymachinedevicetimetechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share锭子, 轴。 A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle."The thin, central part of the flower, the spindle, held the delicate petals together. "花朵中心纤细的部分，那个像纺锤一样的轴，支撑着娇嫩的花瓣。partmaterialstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share锭子 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. "这家纺织厂每天生产好几锭子的棉纱，每个锭子的长度超过15000码。materialunitnumbertechnicalindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share纺锤体 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. "木匠用車床來塑造棒球棒，隨著木頭繞軸旋轉，形成了一個光滑的紡錘體。mathfigureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share海螺，纺锤螺。 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. "这位收藏家小心翼翼地将这只精致的纺锤螺放在展柜里其他珍稀海螺旁边。animalnauticalbiologyoceanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share纺锤螺 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. "那位贝壳收藏家仔细辨认出那个细长尖锐的贝壳是纺锤螺，并指出它和已废弃的Fusus属的螺很相似。animaloceanbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share纺锤体, 纺锤丝 A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis"During cell division in science class, we learned that the spindle is crucial for separating chromosomes correctly. "在科学课上的细胞分裂学习中，我们了解到纺锤体对于正确分离染色体至关重要。biologyanatomyphysiologystructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share纺锤，蜻蜓 (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." "在靠近新瑞典殖民者曾经居住的新泽西海岸边游玩时，我的祖父指着一只蜻蜓，把它叫做“纺锤”，也就是当地人说的"spindle"。languageinsectbiologynaturewordplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share纺锤形化，使成纺锤状 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. "艺术家用一种特殊的工具把陶泥塑成花瓶细长优雅的颈部。technicalmachineprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share呈纺锤形，变细。 To take on a long tapered shape."The carrot began to spindle as it sat in the refrigerator for too long. "胡萝卜在冰箱里放太久了，开始变细长，呈纺锤形。appearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share用针穿刺，用尖物刺穿 To impale on a device for holding paper documents."Do not fold, spindle or mutilate this document."请勿折叠、用针穿刺或损毁此文件。stationeryitemutensildeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
