eddies

英 [ˈediz]

美 [ˈediz]

n.  (空气、灰尘或水的)旋涡，涡流
v.  起旋涡; 旋转
eddy的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• （水或气流的）漩涡，涡流
  Aneddyis 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
  Toeddymeans to move round and round, or to move in a disorganized way.
  1. The dust whirled and eddied in the sunlight...
     灰尘在阳光下旋转翻腾。
  2. The crowds were eddying into the road.
     人群乱哄哄地涌上街头。

双语例句

• Study of Mesoscale Eddies in the Subtropical Ocean of the Northwest-Pacific and Adjacent Area; P wave velocity structure in the crust and upper mantle beneath northeastern South China Sea and surrounding regions
  西北太平洋副热带逆流区及其邻近海域中尺度涡研究南海东北部及其邻近地区地壳上地幔P波速度结构
• The viscous force constantly drains eddy energy and limits the population of eddies.
  粘性力不断消耗旋涡的能量，从而抑制着旋涡的繁殖。
• A vortex, as of a whirlwind or whirlpool. The viscous force constantly drains eddy energy and limits the population of eddies.
  涡流，如旋风或旋涡的粘性力不断消耗旋涡的能量，从而抑制着旋涡的繁殖。
• From dust devils and squalls up to continent-size eddies that only satellites can see.
  从小尘暴和暴风发展到只有卫星上可以看到的席卷整块大陆的旋涡。
• Turbulence is an extraordinarily complex three-dimensional flow which is unsteady, inerratic and composed of eddies.
  湍流是一种高度复杂的三维非稳态、带旋转的不规则流动。
• What eddies exist may be small, turbulent, or difficult to reach.
  漩涡的存在可能很小，很狂暴，或者很难通过。
• Commanders look to cruise in cold-water eddies or just below boundaries between seawater layers, each of which can help refract sound away from the ocean surface.
  潜艇指挥官通常希望航行在冷水漩涡或在海水层交界处的下方，这些位置有助于将声音折射出海面。
• 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。
• There is a pair of "kidney eddies" on the vertical section of the outlet of effusion hole, and the "kidney eddies" will moves into the main flow when the blowing ratio is increased.
  而在发散孔出口与主流方向垂直的位置会形成一对旋转方向相反的肾形涡，且涡的位置随吹风比的增大而移向主流区域。
• The zone was moved again fractionally to the west on Monday, based on a reassessment of ocean drift taking into account a more circular counterclockwise current and eddies than in the earlier search zone to the south.
  本周一，搜索区域再次小幅西移，这是考虑到修改后的搜索区域比原先偏南的搜索区域有更强的呈逆时针方向的洋流和涡流。