名詞 volute:

1. ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
   同義詞：spiral
2. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
   同義詞：coil, spiral, whorl, helix

形容詞 volute:

1. in the shape of a coil
   同義詞：coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, voluted, whorled, turbinate

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n.（名詞）
A spiral, scroll-like ornament such as that used on an Ionic capital.
螺旋飾：一種漩渦卷軸形飾物，如用于愛(ài)奧尼亞柱頭上

A spiral formation, such as one of the whorls of a gastropod shell.
螺旋形：一種螺旋形狀，如一個(gè)渦螺殼上的螺旋
Any of various marine gastropod mollusks of the family Volutidae, having a spiral, often colorfully marked shell.
渦螺：它是一種渦螺科海洋腹足綱軟體動(dòng)物，具有帶螺紋的、常顏色絢麗的殼

來(lái)源：
French
法語(yǔ)
from Italian voluta
源自 意大利語(yǔ) voluta
from Latin volôta [from feminine past participle of] volvere [to turn, roll] * see wel- 2
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) volôta [] 源自volvere的陰性過(guò)去分詞 [轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)] *參見(jiàn) wel- 2

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