eddies是什么意思？

eddies

• n. （水、烟等的）漩涡，涡流( eddy的名词复数 )；
• v. 起漩涡，旋转( eddy的第三人称单数 )；

例句

• Eddies of dust swirled in the road. 路上尘埃滚滚.
• But their work appears to merge in the study of large eddies. 但在大旋涡的研究上,他们的工作看来却殊途同归.
• Viscosity overwhelms the smallest eddies and converts their energy into heat. 粘性制服了最小的旋涡而将其能量转换为热.
• Meridional heat transfer by large - scale eddies is most significant in the upper troposphere of middle latitude. 大尺度湍涡的子午线热输送在纬度对流层上层是最重要的.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （水或气流的）漩涡，涡流
  An eddy is a movement in water or in the air which goes round and round instead of flowing in one continuous direction.
• VERB
  起漩涡;旋转;杂乱无章地移动
  To eddy means to move round and round, or to move in a disorganized way.
  例句
  The dust whirled and eddied in the sunlight... 灰尘在阳光下旋转翻腾。 The crowds were eddying into the road. 人群乱哄哄地涌上街头。