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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He is a native of Beijing, a city that is an international cultural maelstrom, has developed media, gathers all the elites, and gave him a broader and more global vision, a possibility to go beyond.
作为土生土长的北京人,国际大都会的文化漩涡,发达的媒体,精英荟萃的各界人士,为他提供了更开阔更具整体性的视点,和深入的可能。 - 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 sucked in the canoe.
大漩涡吞没了独木舟。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。