"a spiral thing," 1560s, from Latin helix "spiral," from Greek helix (genitive helikos), related to eilein "to turn, twist, roll," from PIE *wel-ik-, from root *wel- (3) "to turn, revolve" (see volvox).
雙語例句
1. Coil the fibre into a helix.
將纖維卷繞成螺旋形。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Normal, double - helix DNA is spiral, like a loosely coiled spring.
正常的雙螺旋DNA是螺旋形的, 像一根松松地卷曲的彈簧.
來自辭典例句
3. The helix makes a complete turn every 3.6 residues.
每個3.6個殘基,螺旋正好轉(zhuǎn)一圈.
來自辭典例句
4. Some biological molecules have the form of a helix.