whorl
/wɔːl/
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American sound/wɔːl/
whorl
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US voice -> whorl
Myanmar meaning
ပင်စည်ကို ဝိုင်း၍ ထွက်သည့် အရွက်များ ၊ ဝက်အူရစ်၏ တစ်ချက်လှည့်။
Full entry
whorl /wɜ:l/ n
၁။ အလိပ်အလိပ်။ အကွင်းအကွင်း။ send up whorls of dust.
၂။ (ရိုက်၍နှိပ်ထားသော) လက်ဗွေရာ။
၃။ ပင်စည်ကို ပတ်၍ထွက်သောအရွက်၊ အပွင့် စသည်။
More examples
- ‘Jordan stared up at his ceiling, contemplating dust whorls.’
- ‘These creases are in turn overlaid by circles and whorls of black thread stitching.’
- ‘The whorl of concentric circles behind them could represent Hollywood or heaven.’
- ‘The great blue canvas of the Pacific was stained with pale brown tide lines, circles, whorls and blotches.’
- ‘Each involves bending or turning rolls of ink-soaked paper into themselves, creating folds or whorls of curved forms.’
- ‘Along a stretch of one road someone has draped strings of little lights in loops and whorls on a line of trees.’
- ‘Benches of the same dark wood as the overlays, carved with simple whorls and curves, were pushed up against each wall flanking the doors.’
- ‘A white archway, over which clung coiling whorls of the vines, gave passage through the hedge.’
- ‘Women had long hair, but marriageable girls wore their hair twisted up into large whorls on either side of their heads.’
- ‘For him it is the sanctum housing a god: a speckled marble, with galactic whorls of light in its core.’
- ‘The shells are elongated spirals, with eight whorls and an estimated average aperture-to-length ratio of 28 percent.’
- ‘Our results indicate that warm temperatures and moderate to high productivity are associated with larger shells and wider whorls.’
- ‘However, the initial whorl of these gastropods is unknown and therefore it is unknown whether it is tightly or openly coiled.’
- ‘Generally, soleniscid gastropods have smooth, orthostrophic early ontogenetic whorls and a tightly coiled initial whorl.’
- ‘The beautiful nautilus' shell is white to orange, with white stripes and a central, black whorl.’
- ‘The strong lateral constriction at the beginning of the gerontic whorl is also a diagnostic shell feature of this subfamily.’
- ‘Analysis of the ecological reasons for the development of free whorls in modem gastropods may explain the reason for this condition in the Scoliostomatidae.’
- ‘The shells showed severe abrasion of the whorls, whereas their apertural margins were more resistant and were subjected to almost no abrasion.’
- ‘Pan and Erwin described Erwinispira jucunda and recognized that it has a larval shell of three whorls.’
- ‘Up to 10 whorls were measured on each shell.’
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