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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Caught in the maelstrom of war.
陷入战争的大旋涡之中。 - She was drawn into a maelstrom of revolutionary events.
她被卷入革命事件的洪流中。 - Certain that the maelstrom of words will not spirit me away.
肯定那词语的大漩涡绑不走我。 - 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。 - Enterprises are facing a maelstrom of compliance and control mandates that is taking a toll on IT resources.
企业正面临一个旋涡遵守和控制的任务是采取收费的IT资源。 - 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。 - 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。