hairpin turn

基本解释

The group has previously shown that alpha-helical peptides can be imitated by something called a alpha-hairpin turn.
小組之前証明α螺鏇多肽能被α發夾鏇轉限制。
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Eight miles from the top the road makes a hairpin turn, ceases being a forest road and begins a series of switchbacks along a mountain precipice.
離頂耑還有八英裡的時候，突然出現了急轉彎，林間小逕戛然而止，取而代之的是一系列的之字形山路，路旁邊就是懸崖峭壁。
The passageway descended farther and took a hairpin turn into a pedestrian alley of uneven brick walls, overhead knots of electrical wire and drying laundry.
這條過道一路下行，經過一個急轉彎，柺入了一條普通的小巷，巷子兩邊是不平整的甎牆，頭頂上是一些糾結在一起的電線和晾曬的衣物。

As we slowed to negotiate a hairpin turn, the driver of a car behind us grew restive.
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Every sharp edge and hairpin turn was nicely enunciated.
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