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　

GRE

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.
  1. ...the maelstrom of ethnic hatreds and vendetta politics...
     种族仇恨与政治宿怨造成的大动乱
  2. Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions.
     她心中的情感似波涛汹涌，起伏不定。

英英释义

noun

• a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
  Synonym:whirlpoolvortex

双语例句

• This is the phenomenon that enables us to make snowmen – but if off-piste skiers survive the maelstrom of an avalanche, once the snow stops moving it locks together like mausoleum concrete.
  正是这种现象使我们能够堆雪人&但是，假如在非正规场地滑雪的人遇到雪崩后幸存下来，一旦雪不再移动，就会凝结得死死的，就像陵墓的混凝土一样。
• 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。
• 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 Soviet union, which has not been drawn into the maelstrom of this imperialist war, is the supporter of all the oppressed people and all the oppressed nations of the world.
  没有卷入帝国主义战争漩涡的苏联，是全世界一切被压迫人民和被压迫民族的援助者。
• 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。
• 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。
• The square is a maelstrom of crowds, buses, and taxis.
  广场上混乱不堪，到处是人群、公共汽车和出租车。
• 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。
• 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。
• Caught in the maelstrom of war.
  陷入战争的大旋涡之中。