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
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.- ...the maelstrom of ethnic hatreds and vendetta politics...
种族仇恨与政治宿怨造成的大动乱 - Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions.
她心中的情感似波涛汹涌,起伏不定。
- ...the maelstrom of ethnic hatreds and vendetta politics...
英英释义
noun
- a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
双语例句
- 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。 - Maelstrom Weapon now affects Hex.
漩涡武器现在作用于妖术。 - Most immediately, the maelstrom on Wall Street has transformed the US election campaign.
几乎是同时,华尔街崩溃改变了美国总统大选。 - Who was flying patrol with Kara Thrace the first time she dove into the strange storm in "Maelstrom"?
在“漩涡”一集中,卡拉瑟瑞斯第一次俯冲入那个奇怪的风暴时,谁和她一起巡逻? - Maelstrom Weapon: Tooltips corrected to correctly describe the chance for this talent to be triggered.
漩涡武器:正确显示了该天赋被触发的技能说明。 - The square is a maelstrom of crowds, buses, and taxis.
广场上混乱不堪,到处是人群、公共汽车和出租车。 - She was drawn into a maelstrom of revolutionary events.
她被卷入革命事件的洪流中。 - 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。 - Out there in the South Seas there are islands, there's out where the Maelstrom is.
除此之外还有南海以及那里的岛屿,还有大漩涡所在的地方。 - 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。