maelstrom

英 ['meɪlstrɒm] 美 ['meɪlstrɑːm]

• n. 大漩涡；大动乱

英英释义

Noun:

1. a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The maelstrom sucked in the canoe.
   大漩涡吞没了独木舟。
2. The canoe was tossed about in the maelstrom.
   独木舟在旋涡之中摇晃打转。
3. They were being sucked into the maelstrom of war.
   他们就要被卷入战乱之中。
4. She was drawn into a maelstrom of revolutionary events.
   她被卷入革命事件的洪流中。

经典引文

• They have pulled oars while caught in maelstroms.

  出自：American Poetry Review

近反义词

【近义词】

• vortex 漩涡
• tumult 骚乱
• turbulence 骚乱
• flurry 一阵疾风
• turmoil 混乱
• whirl 使 ... 旋转
• scramble 混乱
• frenzy 狂乱
• whirlpool 漩涡