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Meaning of 螺

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Pinyin: luó
English Definition: spiral shell; snail; conch
Chinese Definition:
①软体动物,体外包着锥形、纺锤形或椭圆形的硬壳,上有旋纹:螺蛳。田螺。海螺。螺号。螺钿。法螺(用海螺壳做成的佛教乐器)。
②像螺壳纹理的:螺纹。螺旋。螺钉。螺母。螺栓。螺髻(古代妇女似螺壳的发形)。
③同“脶”。
Total strokes: 17; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (insect) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ chóng ] insect, worm; mollusk
    • [ lèi ] tired; to accumulate; to involve; bother, nuisance
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Example Words
螺旋 luó xuán spiral; helix; screw
螺丝 luó screw
陀螺 tuó luó spinning top; gyroscope
螺丝钉 luó dīng screw
螺旋桨 luó xuán jiǎng propeller
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Example Sentences
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.
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People were capturing the crabs and selling them as bait for the more profitable eel and whelk fisheries.
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Schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease transmitted by aquatic snails, also seems to be affected by climate.