maelstrom

英 [ˈmeɪlstrɒm]

美 [ˈmeɪlstrɑːm]

n.  (思想、感情、事态的)混乱，骚乱，动乱; 大旋涡

复数：maelstroms　

GRE

BNC.20136 / COCA.19331

牛津词典

noun

• （思想、感情、事态的）混乱，骚乱，动乱
  a situation full of strong emotions or confusing events, that is hard to control and makes you feel frightened
• 大旋涡
  a very strong current of water that moves in circles

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 大动乱;极度混乱状态；混乱不堪
  If you describe a situation as amaelstrom, you mean that it is very confused or violent.
  1. ...the maelstrom of ethnic hatreds and vendetta politics...
     种族仇恨与政治宿怨造成的大动乱
  2. Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions.
     她心中的情感似波涛汹涌，起伏不定。

英英释义

noun

• a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
  Synonym:whirlpoolvortex

双语例句

• In this maelstrom, long-lived political dynasties, venerable institutions, and hundred-year-old business models are all at risk.
  在变革这个大漩涡中，长期存在的政权、古老的机构和历经百年的商业模式都将面临风险。
• The boat flipped and hurled its passengers into the maelstrom.
  这时，小船翻转过来，把上面的乘客都甩进了大漩涡之中。
• The Maelstrom forms the northern boundary of the South Seas, and south of it are several tropical islands.
  大漩涡是南海的最北部边界，而南部分布着一些热带岛屿。
• Mr Dale believes that, caught up in this maelstrom of fads, managers can overlook the obvious-hence the title of his book.
  戴尔认为，由于陷入了这种时尚漩涡，经理人可能会忽视那些浅显的道理他这本书由此得名。
• Certain that the maelstrom of words will not spirit me away.
  肯定那词语的大漩涡绑不走我。
• She was drawn into a maelstrom of revolutionary events.
  她被卷入革命事件的洪流中。
• In "Maelstrom", what goddess is represented by the figurine that Kara receives?
  在3×17中，卡拉找到的小雕像代表什么女神？
• Arrive at dusk, having walked through the nearby hutongs, and you can forget the maelstrom of development that has swallowed up most of the old city.
  当你穿过附近的胡同，黄昏时分漫步到那里时，你可以忘却正在或已经发生的灾难性发展，这种发展已经让老北京城的大部分风貌不复存在了。
• Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan were also hit by the maelstrom.
  香港、律宾、加坡和台湾同样遭到了风暴的打击。
• This is the phenomenon that enables us to make snowmen – but if off-piste skiers survive the maelstrom of an avalanche, once the snow stops moving it locks together like mausoleum concrete.
  正是这种现象使我们能够堆雪人&但是，假如在非正规场地滑雪的人遇到雪崩后幸存下来，一旦雪不再移动，就会凝结得死死的，就像陵墓的混凝土一样。