gyre

noun · verbA1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

gyres

1.
(literary, poetic)A swirling vortex.
2.
(literary, poetic)A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.
Đồng nghĩa: circuit, whirl
3.
(archaic)(anatomy, zootomy, archaic) Synonym of gyrus (“a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain”).
Đồng nghĩa: gyrus
4.
(oceanography) An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.
Most ships that tried to cross the Pacific in the past would get stuck in the gyres and never make it out.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

gyres

V_ing/Gerund

gyring

V_ed/pp

gyred

1.
(intransitive, literary, poetic)To spin around; to gyrate, to whirl.
Đồng nghĩa: revolve, rotate
2.
(literary, poetic, rare, transitive)To make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

circuitwhirlgyrus revolve rotate

Cùng gốc / liên quan

gyrefulgyre-carlingyre-carlin etymologically unrelated

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro Borrowed from Latin gȳrus (circle; circular motion), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (circle; ring), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (to bend; to curve). The English word is a gyro gyrus.