maelstrom是什么意思？

maelstrom

英[ˈmeɪlstrɒm] 美[ˈmeɪlstrɑm]

• n. 大漩涡，大旋涡；

复数：maelstroms;

例句

• The river takes a headlong plunge into a maelstrom of rocks and boulders. 河水急流而下， 入一个漂砾的漩涡中。
• 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 canoe was tossed about in the maelstrom. 独木舟在旋涡之中摇晃打转.
• 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... 种族仇恨与政治宿怨造成的大动乱

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  大动乱;极度混乱状态；混乱不堪
  If you describe a situation as a maelstrom, you mean that it is very confused or violent.
  例句
  ...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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  大漩涡
  The canoe was tossed about in the maelstrom. 独木舟在旋涡之中摇晃打转。 The river takes a headlong plunge into a maelstrom of rocks and boulders. 河水急流而下， 入一个漂砾的漩涡中。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides)