Spindle

(noun.) a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning.

(noun.) any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts.

(noun.) a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc..

(noun.) (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle; 'chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis'.

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• From these ends is extended the spindle of Necessity, on which all the revolutions turn. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• But, so it has been suggested, there was one man who stopped short when he lost his spindle, for a red-hot idea shot suddenly through his brain. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Prior to 1878 the speed of the average spindle was limited to 5,000 revolutions a minute. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• In spinning fine numbers of yarn, a workman in a self-acting mule will do the work of 3,000 hand-spinners with the distaff and spindle. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Suppose that while one were bearing on pretty hard with a well-tightened string, in order to bring fire quickly, the point of the spindle should slip from its block. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The thread passes through the hoop as it is wound upon the spindle. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Birkenhead Yielding Spinning Spindle Bearing. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The bolster is an upright sleeve bearing, in which the spindle revolves, and against which is sustained the pull of the band that drives the spindle. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Considering the great speed of the modern spindle and the fact that a single workman attends a thousand or more of them, the record of progress in this art becomes impressive. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The shaft and hook of this spindle are made of steel, and the whorl is made partly of steel and also partly of other materials. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• This machine had eight or ten spindles driven by cords or belts from the same wheel, and operated by hand or foot. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• When the proper fineness had been obtained in this way, the cotton, as it passed from the second pair of rollers, was twisted into a firm strong thread by spindles attached to the frame. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• For this purpose the spindles were set upright at the end of the frame, and the rovings or strips of untwisted fibre were carried on bobbins on the inclined frame. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• In 1805 there were only 4,500 cotton spindles at work in the United States. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The rovings at one end were attached to the spindles and their opposite portions held together and drawn out by a clasp held in the hand. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The instrument used in spinning was a large wheel, turned by hand, and setting in motion a set of whirls or revolving spindles, which twisted the hemp by their motion. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Within twenty years after the introduction of Arkwright's machines in the United States there were a hundred mills there with a hundred thousand spindles. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• When the thread yarn was drawn out sufficiently it was wound upon the spindles by a reverse movement of the wheel. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• In this the spindles, arranged vertically in the frame, are driven by bands from a central cylinder, and project through apertures in a horizontal bar. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The spindles were mounted on a wheeled carriage that traveled back and forth a considerable distance from the drawing rolls, which were mounted in bearings in a stationary frame. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.

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