名詞 whorl:

1. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
   同義詞：coil, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
2. a strand or cluster of hair
   同義詞：lock, curl, ringlet
3. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
   同義詞：coil, spiral, volute, helix

whorl

n.（名詞）
A form that coils or spirals; a curl or swirl:
螺旋狀物、卷狀物：盤旋或螺旋形前進的形式；卷、旋渦：
例句：
spread the icing in peaks and whorls.
在尖上和卷上灑上糖衣

Botany An arrangement of three or more leaves, petals, or other organs radiating from a single node.
【植物學】 輪生體：一個節(jié)上三個或多個葉子、花瓣或其它器官的排列
Zoology A single turn or volution of a spiral shell.
【動物學】 殼階、螺層、毛輪：螺殼的一個單個轉變處或渦卷
One of the circular ridges or convolutions of a fingerprint.
渦：指紋的圓圈或盤旋結構
Architecture An ornamental device, as in stonework or weaving, consisting of stylized vine leaves and tendrils.
【建筑學】 螺層：一種含有很風格化的藤葉和卷須的裝飾結構，如石制品或紡織品上
A small flywheel that regulates the speed of a spinning wheel.
錠盤：調整手紡車速度的小飛輪

來源：
Middle English whorle
中古英語 whorle
alteration influenced by wharle variant of whorlwyl from Middle Dutch worvel
受 wharle的影響 whorlwyl的變體 源自 中古荷蘭語 worvel
of whirle [whirl]
whirle的變化 [旋轉]
from whirlen [to whirl] * see whirl
源自 whirlen [旋轉] *參見 whirl