单词 | welter |
释义 | welterWord family verbwelteradjectiveweltering wel·ter /ˈweltə $ -ər/ noun a welter of something LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTa large and confusing amount or number of something 杂乱无章的某物 There is a welter of information on the subject. 关于这个问题有一大堆乱七八糟的信息。 Examples from the Corpus a welter of something• The Board of Health was disbanded in 1858 amid a welter of political intrigue and orchestrated opposition.• The announcement came from the Department of Health, besieged by a welter of conflicting evidence.• Construction of the hospital has been halted by a welter of lawsuits.• This dire situation exists despite a welter of management plans, royalties, taxes, and fees.• Rattled, he fell back on to the truckle-bed in a welter of trousers.• The fanfare seized up on its first chord and then seemed to fall over itself, collapsing in a welter of notes.• And the House of Windsor has overdetermined this outcome by sacrificing what remained of its dignity in a welter of family dysfunction.• Lost himself in a welter of ambitions, unsafe buildings, cheaper materials; he cooked the books to make more blocks.• The grypesh swam out after them, and there were battles fought there in a welter of blood and foam. Examples from the Corpus welter• John James, in addition to the financial complications, faced a welter of other unexpected difficulties.• In between men with machetes hacked and chopped in a welter of gore.• Under the impact of soaring oil prices living standards collapsed in a welter of rationing and corruption.• The fanfare seized up on its first chord and then seemed to fall over itself, collapsing in a welter of notes.• The grypesh swam out after them, and there were battles fought there in a welter of blood and foam.• Apt observations dissolved into a shapeless welter.• It seemed self-evident that in the welter of these breathtaking claims, the case for planning no longer needed to be argued. (1800-1900) welter “state of confusion” ((16-19 centuries)), from welter “to roll about, be in a state of confusion” ((14-20 centuries)), from Middle Dutch welteren or Middle Low German weltern |
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