whorl
noun /wɜːl/
/wɜːrl/
- a pattern made by a curved line that forms a rough circle, with smaller circles inside bigger ones
螺旋状图案;螺纹 - the whorls on your fingertips
指纹的涡
- the whorls on your fingertips
- (specialist) a ring of leaves, flowers, etc. around the stem of a plant
轮,轮生体(环生于植物茎部的叶、花等)
词源late Middle English (denoting a small flywheel): apparently a variant of whirl, influenced by Old English wharve ‘whorl of a spindle’.