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陀螺状的;倒圆锥形的

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Turbinate \Tur"bi*nate\, v. i.
   To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [R.]

Turbinate \Tur"bi*nate\, Turbinated \Tur"bi*na`ted\, a. [L.
   turbinatus, turbo, turben, -inis, a whirl, top.]
   1. Whirling in the manner of a top.

            A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole.
                                                  --Bentley.

   2. (Bot.) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the
      base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary,
      pericarp, or root.

   3. (Anat.) Turbinal.

   4. (Zo["o]l.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from
      a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.

资料来源 : WordNet®

turbinate
     adj 1: of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the
            nasal passages
     2: in the shape of a coil [syn: {coiling}, {helical}, {spiral},
         {spiraling}, {volute}, {voluted}, {whorled}]

turbinate
     n : any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in
         man and other vertebrates [syn: {turbinate bone}, {turbinal}]