1N-COUNT (机器的)轴,心轴 A spindle is a rod in a machine, around which another part of the machine turns. (机器的)轴,心轴
2N-COUNT (手纺用的)绕线杆 A spindle is a pointed rod which you use when you are spinning wool by hand. You twist the wool with the spindle to make it into a thread. (手纺用的)绕线杆