pinwheel英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill.
A firework which forms a kind of spinning wheel.

— The sun blazing late in the afternoon, this long hilarious day like a pinwheel inexhaustibly throwing off sparks.
A cogged (toothed) gear.
A pastry which resembles the artificial flowers above, with some filling or topping in the center.
Any food product consisting of layers (for example of pastry and sweet filling, or of bread and meat) rolled into a spiral, visually similar to a cinnamon roll.

动词 v.

To spin. ambitransitive

— The damaged fighter jet pinwheeled out of control, the g-forces pushing the pilot so hard he couldn't reach the ejection switch.

词形变化

pinwheels plural pinwheels present,singular,third-person pinwheeling participle,present pinwheeled participle,past pinwheeled past

词汇关系

衍生词

pinwheel flower pinwheel mushroom pinwheel sandwich Wartenberg pinwheel

词源

词源 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *pinnaz
Proto-West Germanic *pinn
Old English pinn
Middle English pinne
English pin
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂
Proto-Germanic *hweulō
Old English hwēol
Middle English whel
English wheel
English pinwheel
From pin + wheel.

词源 2

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *pinnaz
Proto-West Germanic *pinn
Old English pinn
Middle English pinne
English pin
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂
Proto-Germanic *hweulō
Old English hwēol
Middle English whel
English wheel
English pinwheel
From pin + wheel.