volute

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
    — This example is much richer, yet no less elegant, than the other; the volute, instead of a single spiral, is formed by three; the sculptured echinus beneath is surmounted by a guilloched moulding, and separated from the shaft by a neck […]
  2. The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
  3. Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.
    — Common shells include frog-shells, distorsios, volutes, tulips, murex, cones, olives, marginellas, cowries, augers and the Florida horse conch, the state's official shell, which can grow up to 24in (6 1 cm) long.
  4. The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.
  5. A spiral or scroll form.
  6. A scroll-shaped carving at the tuning head of a stringed musical instrument, similar to architectural volutes.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a spring: having a spiral curve on its tail. not-comparable
  2. Rolled up in any way. not-comparable

词形变化

volutes plural

词汇关系

衍生词
elephant's snout volute music volute volutite volutoid

词源

词源 1
From French volute, from Italian voluta, from Latin volūta, from the feminine of volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō. Doublet of vault.
词源 2
From French volute, from Italian voluta, from Latin volūta, from the feminine of volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō. Doublet of vault.
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