the number of spindles 【纺织;印染】锭数。 ring spindles 【纺织;印染】细纱锭。 the spindles in operation 【纺织;印染】开工锭数。 spindle oil 【机械工程】锭子油,轴润滑油。 a live [dead] spindle 动[死]轴。 the spindle side 母系,母方。 vi. 1.长成细长茎。 2.长(变)得细长。 vt. 1.装锭子于,使成锭子。 2.用纺锤形锉打(眼)[穿(孔)]。 adj. 1.像锭子的。 2.〔古语〕〔家族〕母系的,母方的 (the spindle side 母系,母方)。
any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object; "the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order" 同义词:spike,
a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts 同义词:mandrel, mandril, arbor,
a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
(biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle; "chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis"