pinwheel
英 [ˈpɪnwi:l] 美 [ˈpɪnˌhwil, -ˌwil]

n.

轮转焰火，纸风车；针轮；靶中心；

英英释义

pinwheel[ 'pinwi:l ]

• n.
  • perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels

    同义词：Aeonium haworthii

  • a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim

    "he spun the pinwheel and it stopped with the pointer on `Go'"

  • a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind

    同义词：pinwheel wind collector

  • a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire

    同义词：catherine wheel

权威例句

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The Pinwheel Tilings of the Plane
The pinwheel: a real-time scheduling problem
Orientation Selectivity in Pinwheel Centers in Cat Striate Cortex
The C-terminal domain of DNA gyrase A adopts a DNA-bending beta-pinwheel fold.
Iso-orientation domains in cat visual cortex are arranged in pinwheel-like patterns
Neural stem cells confer unique pinwheel architecture to the ventricular surface in neurogenic regions of the adult brain.
Selectivity via cooperative interactions: detection of dicarboxylates in water by a pinwheel chemosensor.
Bonhoeffer, T. & Grinvald, A. Iso-orientation domains in cat visual cortex are arranged in pinwheel-like pattern. Nature 353, 429−432