English Dictionary

gyre

/d͡ʒaɪ.ə/

noun

A swirling vortex. / A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.

The ship was caught in a powerful gyre, spinning uncontrollably.

意味（1）

A swirling vortex.

意味（2）

A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.

Quick, and more quick he ſpins in giddy Gires, / Then falls, and in much Foam his Soul expires.

意味（3）

(anatomy, zootomy, archaic) Synonym of gyrus (“a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain”)

意味（4）

(oceanography) An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.