noun🔗Share纺锤，锭子。 (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. "博物馆的展览展示了如何用手持**纺锤（锭子）**来纺羊毛，将纤维捻成线。technologyutensilmachineworkindustryagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share锭子, 轴。 A rod which turns, or on which something turns."the spindle of a vane"风向标的锭子。partmachinetechnicalChat 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 spindles on the lathe to carve the table legs. "木匠小心地调整了车床上主轴的转速，以便雕刻桌子腿。machinetechnicalpartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share卫矛，纺锤树。 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. "我奶奶在她的花园里种了卫矛（纺锤树），希望能重拾手工纺羊毛这门老手艺。plantmaterialagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share纸捻，纸扦 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. "繁忙的办公室助理用纸捻/纸扦把填好的订单整齐地串起来，放在桌上。stationeryitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share中心轮轴，轴心。 The fusee of a watch."The watchmaker carefully polished the spindles inside the antique pocket watch. "制表匠小心翼翼地打磨着古董怀表内部的中心轮轴。technologymachinetimedeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share锭子，纺锤体 A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle."The thin, bare branches of the winter tree looked like delicate spindles reaching towards the sky. "冬天树木光秃秃的细枝，看上去就像纤细的锭子，伸向天空。partstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share纱锭，线锭 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. "这家工厂订购了五个纱锭的棉纱，总共有75600码，用来制作布料。unitamountmaterialbusinessindustryagriculturetechnicaleconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share纺锤体，纺锤面。 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. "木匠用車床將桌子腿塑造成優雅的紡錘形。mathsciencefigureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share海螺，长鼻螺。 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. "那名海滩拾荒者小心翼翼地将那些形状细长的精致长鼻螺加入到她的贝壳收藏中。animalnauticaloceanbiologyChat 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 collector displayed several spindles in her aquarium, each with a gracefully elongated, fusiform shell. "这位收藏家在她的水族箱里展示了好几只纺锤螺，每只都有着优雅细长的纺锤形外壳。animalorganismnauticaloceanbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share纺锤体，纺锤丝 A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis"During cell division, the spindles ensure that each new cell receives the correct number of chromosomes. "在细胞分裂过程中，纺锤体确保每个新细胞都获得正确数量的染色体。biologyanatomystructureorganismphysiologyChat 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 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. "在新泽西海岸附近徒步时，我爷爷，他在那里长大，指着一只蜻蜓说那是“纺锤”，解释说这是当地以前的叫法。insectlanguagebiologywordanimalnaturelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
