helix

英 [ˈhiːlɪks]

美 [ˈhiːlɪks]

n.  螺旋(形)

复数：helixes　

IELTS化学

BNC.17577 / COCA.22645

牛津词典

noun

• 螺旋（形）
  a shape like a spiral or a line curved around a cylinder or cone

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 螺旋形;螺旋体
  Ahelixis a spiral shape or form.
  1. Coil the fibre into a helix.
     将纤维卷绕成螺旋形。

英英释义

noun

• a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
  1. a coil of rope
  Synonym:coilspiralvolutewhorl
• a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
  Synonym:spiral

双语例句

• The constant angle at which a helix cuts the elements of a cylinder or cone.
  一个螺旋状物切割圆柱体或圆锥体的某些部分而形成的连续的角。
• Accustomed to midnight, the helix and the cold finger of friction.
  习惯了午夜时分耳轮和指尖冰凉的摩擦。
• From the STMimages, we could see clearly the helix pitch and helix diameter of helix structure.
  由STM图象中我们能清晰地观察到螺旋结构的螺距与螺径。
• Study and Design of New Type Bifilar Helix Antenna
  一种新型双臂螺旋天线的研究与设计
• Ten machining origins may be set by straight line, arc, helix and parabola.
  直线、圆弧、螺旋线及抛物线可设定10个加工原点。
• Some biological molecules have the form of a helix.
  有些生物分子呈螺旋状。
• Structurally, DNA is composed of two strands that intertwine to form a spring-like structure called the double helix.
  从结构上讲，DNA是由两条链相互缠绕构成弹簧状结构称为双螺旋。
• DNA double helix, secondary structure of RNA, and elements of protein folding;
  DNA双螺旋线，RNA（译注：核糖核酸，下同）的二级结构和蛋白质折叠基元；
• In other words such a molecule is pictured much as if it were a conducting helix.
  换句话说，这样一个分子的图象很像一条导电的螺旋线。
• Deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA for short) is a kind of germ plasm with the structure of double helix.
  脱氧核糖核酸（简称DNA）是生物体内的一种具有双螺旋结构的遗传物质。