gyrate + noun
该形容词较罕见,通常作定语,描述贝壳、结构等具有螺旋或盘绕形态。
The biologist examined a gyrate shell under the microscope.
生物学家在显微镜下观察了一枚螺旋状贝壳。
有螺旋或盘绕的;旋涡状的
有螺旋或盘绕的
Having coils or convolutions.
The snail's gyrate shell is easy to recognize by its tight, coiled shape.
这种蜗牛的螺旋形外壳很容易通过其紧密盘绕的形状辨认出来。
用法提示:gyrate 在此作形容词,表示“螺旋的/盘绕的”,修饰 shell。
The garden vine has gyrate tendrils that wrap around any nearby support.
花园里的藤蔓长有螺旋状的卷须,会缠绕在附近的任何支撑物上。
用法提示:gyrate 在此作形容词,表示“螺旋状的”,修饰 tendrils。
In the painting, a gyrate ribbon curls across the canvas and draws the viewer's eye.
画中一条螺旋状的饰带在画布上弯曲延伸,吸引着观者的目光。
用法提示:gyrate 在此作形容词,表示“螺旋盘绕的”,修饰 ribbon。
该形容词较罕见,通常作定语,描述贝壳、结构等具有螺旋或盘绕形态。
The biologist examined a gyrate shell under the microscope.
生物学家在显微镜下观察了一枚螺旋状贝壳。
grammar · medium
易错句子The fossil has a beautiful gyrate on its surface.
正确表达The fossil has a beautiful gyrate pattern on its surface.
gyrate 是形容词,不能直接作名词中心语;冠词 a 后必须接名词,所以要在 gyrate 后补出被修饰的名词(如 pattern),让 gyrate 回到定语位置。
grammar · medium
易错句子The path gyrates up the mountain.
正确表达The path winds up the mountain.
表示道路、河流“蜿蜒”要用动词 wind;gyrate 表示“有螺旋的、盘绕的”时是形容词,不能充当谓语来表示“蜿蜒上山”。
spiral 是日常通用的常用词,指绕中心盘旋的曲线或形状,可用于楼梯、贝壳等具体事物;gyrate 作形容词很罕用,多见于技术或文学描写,强调具有盘绕成圈的形态。
coiled 是动词 coil 的过去分词作定语,具体描述某物被盘绕起来的状态,口语和书面语都常见;gyrate 作形容词是罕用的书面词,只作形态描写,不强调人为盘绕的动作。
convoluted 可指卷曲缠绕的形体,也常引申为“复杂难懂”,用于论证、情节等;gyrate 作形容词只表示有螺旋或盘绕结构,不带“复杂难懂”的引申义,且更为罕用。
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