喜樂美語
  1. 1（名詞）螺旋（形）；（動詞，常用於負面）急遽惡化

    A shape that curves around and around, getting bigger or smaller as it goes - like a spring, a spiral staircase, or a snail's shell. As a verb, 'to spiral' means to move in that curving pattern, and it is often used for something getting worse and worse very quickly and out of control - 'prices spiraled out of control.'

core核心畫面

組成Comes from an old Latin word for 'a coil,' which itself came from an older Greek word with the same meaning.

原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

spiralnoun/ˈspaɪɹəl/

  • 1

    geometrymathematicssciencesA curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.

  • 2

    informalA helix.

  • 3

    A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it at once.

    • My beloved friends and family who sustained and grounded me as I fell into the rabbit hole of this project or down the spiral of new parenthood.
  • 4

    rail-transportrailwaystransportA section of track that forms a circle and crosses over itself, used for gaining height in mountainous territory.

spiraladj/ˈspaɪɹəl/

  • 1

    Helical, like a spiral.

    • The formation of tornados and water-spouts is very probably identical with that of dust-storms and "devils," viz., a sudden disturbance of the vertical equilibrium of the atmosphere, where by an upward rush of air is generated, which rapidly becomes spiral.

spiralverb/ˈspaɪɹəl/

  • 1

    To move along the path of a spiral or helix.

    • The falling leaves spiralled down from the tree.
  • 2

    To cause something to spiral.

    • You need to learn how to spiral a ball.
  • 3

    To increase continually.

    • Her debts were spiralling out of control.
    • Excessive contrarianism against the liberal establishment has also resulted in slopulism spiralling off into the most moronic of conspiracy theories.
  • 4

    To decline mentally.

    • She spiralled into a deep depression.
    • This one girl taps my insecurities / Don't know if it's real or if I'm spiraling / One voice tells me that they laugh / George says I'm just paranoid

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