"spiral" 怎么发音

word

US

/ˈspaɪɹəɫ/

SPY-ruhl

UK

/spˈaɪəɹəl/

SPY-uh-ruhl

释义

A shape that winds around a center point, getting further or closer with each turn, like a spring or a snail shell. Also used to describe something that continually gets better, worse, bigger, or smaller in a cycle.

IPA 音标

美式英语

/ˈspaɪɹəɫ/

英式英语

/spˈaɪəɹəl/

简化发音

美式

SPY-ruhl

英式

SPY-uh-ruhl

语境中听

The snail's shell has a beautiful spiral.

She watched the smoke spiral into the sky.

The staircase is a spiral shape.

After he lost his job, things started to spiral out of control.