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
- Last autumn, amid the maelstrom of the financial crisis, it seemed that fundamental change was afoot.
去年秋季,当金融危机肆虐之际,某种根本改革似乎正在酝酿之中。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The maelstrom of drug-related violence that is engulfing Mexico has produced exaggerated, sometimes xenophobic, alarm in parts of the United States.
毒品有关的暴力犯罪所导致的混乱正在吞噬着墨西哥,并且形势在美国人心里被进一步夸大,使得美国人对墨西哥产生了恐惧和害怕心理。 - So far the economy is co-operating: earnings at most US companies are holding up despite the credit maelstrom.
迄今为止,经济面比较配合:尽管信贷市场波动剧烈,但多数美国企业的业绩仍得到支撑。 - 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? - Maelstrom Weapon now affects Hex.
漩涡武器现在作用于妖术。 - 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? - This era of peace was only a prelude to the maelstrom of the Warring States Period.
这个时代的和平只是一个序幕,相邻的战国时期。