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.
小组之前证明α螺旋多肽能被α发夹旋转限制。
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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.
离顶端还有八英里的时候，突然出现了急转弯，林间小径戛然而止，取而代之的是一系列的之字形山路，路旁边就是悬崖峭壁。
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.
这条过道一路下行，经过一个急转弯，拐入了一条普通的小巷，巷子两边是不平整的砖墙，头顶上是一些纠结在一起的电线和晾晒的衣物。

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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