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The character 螺, which remains unchanged between traditional and simplified forms, is composed of the insect or creature radical 虫 and the phonetic component 累. Its core meaning has consistently referred to spiral-shelled mollusks like snails and conches, a concept directly suggested by its structural combination. Over time, this concrete meaning extended by analogy to encompass any object with a spiral form or function, leading to modern applications such as screw (螺絲) and whirlpool (漩渦). The character’s semantic field thus broadened from a specific biological category to include a range of man-made and natural spiral phenomena.
Example Sentences Hide
螺丝掉在地上了。
他用螺丝刀拧螺丝。
螺旋楼梯很漂亮。
妈妈炒了一盘螺蛳。
螺母和螺栓要配套。
这种螺壳有黑白条纹。
直升机依靠螺旋桨起飞。
工程师设计了新型螺旋装置。