volute

名词 volute:

1. ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
   同义词：spiral
2. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
   同义词：coil, spiral, whorl, helix

形容词 volute:

1. in the shape of a coil
   同义词：coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, voluted, whorled, turbinate

vo.lute

n.（名词）
A spiral, scroll-like ornament such as that used on an Ionic capital.
螺旋饰：一种漩涡卷轴形饰物，如用于爱奥尼亚柱头上

A spiral formation, such as one of the whorls of a gastropod shell.
螺旋形：一种螺旋形状，如一个涡螺壳上的螺旋
Any of various marine gastropod mollusks of the family Volutidae, having a spiral, often colorfully marked shell.
涡螺：它是一种涡螺科海洋腹足纲软体动物，具有带螺纹的、常颜色绚丽的壳

来源：
French
法语
from Italian voluta
源自 意大利语 voluta
from Latin volôta [from feminine past participle of] volvere [to turn, roll] * see wel- 2
源自 拉丁语 volôta [] 源自volvere的阴性过去分词 [转动] *参见 wel- 2

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