| 螺旋 | luó xuán | spiral; helix; screw | |
| 螺丝 | luó sī | screw | |
| 陀螺 | tuó luó | spinning top; gyroscope | |
| 螺丝钉 | luó sī dīng | screw | |
| 螺旋桨 | luó xuán jiǎng | propeller |
| 1 | His hands find the top of a bolt. | |
| 2 | Now, scientists have puzzled out the snails' baffling method of propulsion. | |
| 3 | Larval forms of the parasites, which are released by freshwater snails, penetrate the skin of people in the water. | |
| 4 | People were capturing the crabs and selling them as bait for the more profitable eel and whelk fisheries. | |
| 5 | Schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease transmitted by aquatic snails, also seems to be affected by climate. |