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 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。 - She was drawn into a maelstrom of revolutionary events.
她被卷入革命事件的洪流中。 - 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。 - Arrive at dusk, having walked through the nearby hutongs, and you can forget the maelstrom of development that has swallowed up most of the old city.
当你穿过附近的胡同，黄昏时分漫步到那里时，你可以忘却正在或已经发生的灾难性发展，这种发展已经让老北京城的大部分风貌不复存在了。 - Caught in the maelstrom of war.
陷入战争的大旋涡之中。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - It is more about the maelstrom of events surrounding him.
这部短片讲的更多的是围绕在他身边的种种大事件。