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。 - 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。 - This Hubble Space Telescope view of the central region of the Carina Nebula reveals a violent maelstrom of star birth.
此次哈勃空间望远镜对船底座星云中心区域的观察展现了一场狂暴的恒星诞生风潮。 - 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 many organizations, projects are often excessively late and over budget, and the benefits of better methods and tools cannot be realized in the maelstrom of an undisciplined, chaotic project.
在许多软件开发组织中,项目延期、超支;在无纪律性,混乱的项目旋涡中,一种更好的方法和工具没能得到实现和应用。 - Certain that the maelstrom of words will not spirit me away.
肯定那词语的大漩涡绑不走我。 - 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。 - Caught in the maelstrom of war.
陷入战争的大旋涡之中。 - 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。