spindle
/ˈspɪndl/noun
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- a slender rounded rod with tapered ends used in hand spinning to twist and wind thread from a mass of wool or flax held on a distaff纺锤, 锭子。
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- a pin or rod used on a spinning wheel to twist and wind the thread（手纺用的）绕线杆。
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- a pin bearing the bobbin of a spinning machine（织机上梭子的）梭芯。
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- a measure of length for yarn, equal to 15,120 yards (13,826 metres) for cotton or 14,400 yards (13,167 metres) for linen司品德（沙线的长度单位, 1司品德棉纱等于15,120码, 即13,826米; 1司品德麻纱等于14,400码, 即13,167米）。
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- N. Amer. a pointed metal rod on a base, used for filing paper items〈北美〉纸插, 票插（用来插上文件的固定在底座上的尖金属扦子）。
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- a turned piece of wood used as a banister or chair leg（用作楼梯护栏、椅脚的）纺锤形立柱。
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- a rod or pin serving as an axis that revolves or on which something revolves转轴。
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- the vertical rod at the centre of a record turntable which keeps the record in place during play（用于固定唱片位置的）唱片转盘中心轴。
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- Biology a slender mass of microtubules formed when a cell divides. At metaphase the chromosomes become attached to it by their centromeres before being pulled towards its ends.【生】纺锤体。
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- （亦作spindle tree 或bush）a Eurasian shrub or small tree with slender toothed leaves and pink capsules containing bright orange seeds. The hard timber was formerly used for making spindles.卫矛, 鬼箭羽。
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- Genus Euonymus, family Celastraceae: several species, in particular E. europaea.卫矛属, 卫矛科：数种, 尤指欧洲卫矛。
词源
Old English spinel, from the base of the verb SPIN.