n.[C]

1. 纺锤，锭子
2. 司品德（纱的长度单位）
3. 【生】纺锤体
4. 【机】杆，轴；心轴；指轴
5. （插票据等用的）扦子
6. （液体）比重计

vi.

1. 长得细长

vt.

1. 使成纺锤形
2. 装锭子于
3. 【美】将（单据等）插放于纸扦上

a.

1. 纺锤形的；细长的

n.

1. a slender rounded rod with tapered ends used in hand spinning to twist and wind thread from a mass of wool or flax held on a distaff.
   ▸a pin bearing the bobbin of a spinning machine.
2. a rod or pin serving as an axis that revolves or on which something revolves.
3. a turned piece of wood used as a banister or chair leg.
4. Biology  a slender mass of microtubules formed when a cell divides.
5. a measure of length for yarn, equal to 15,120 yards (13,826 metres) for cotton or 14,400 yards (13,167 metres) for linen.
6. N. Amer. a spike for filing papers.