convolute
/kon-vuh-loot/US // ˈkɒn vəˌlut //UK // (ˈkɒnvəˌluːt) //
卷曲,旋卷,卷积,旋涡状
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Definitions
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con·vo·lut·ed, con·vo·lut·ing.
- : to coil up; form into a twisted shape.
adj.形容词 adjective
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- : rolled up together or with one part over another.
- : Botany. coiled up longitudinally so that one margin is within the coil and the other without, as the petals of cotton.
Synonyms & Antonyms
verbmake complicated
Forms: convoluted
Examples
The two first have zigzag passages; the third, channels running in convolute curves.
The passages here run in convolute curves, the one winding in a spiral to the centre, the other receding from the centre.
They resemble the Ammonites in internal structure, but instead of being spirally convolute they are merely curved like a horn.
The more decidedly convolute species with hidden spires are the Atys, Montf.
A spiral shell is said to be discoidal, when the whorls are so horizontally convolute as to form a flattened spire.
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