| 单词 | whirlpool |
| 释义 | whirlpool noun[C] uk/ˈwɜːl.puːl/us/ˈwɝːl.puːl/asmallareaof theseaor otherwaterin which there is apowerful,circularcurrentofwaterthat canpullobjectsdown intoitscentre 漩涡Compare vortex  GEORGE SILK/The LIFE Picture Collection/GettyImages Floods, tides & currents
whirlpool| American Dictionarywhirlpool noun[C] us/ˈhwɜrlˌpul,ˈwɜrl-/whirlpoolnoun[C](CIRCULAR CURRENT)waterthatmovesin apowerful,circularcurrent,suckingintoitscenteranything thatfloatsnear it whirlpoolnoun[C](POOL WITH CURRENTS)anartificialpoolwithcurrentsofwaterflowingthrough it: Somehealthclubshave whirlpools andsteamrooms. Examplesofwhirlpoolwhirlpool Users of thewhirlpoolspa on the deck were fewer than 10 a day. From theCambridge English Corpus The attack rate was 71 % (27\\38) and 24 cases (83 %) used thewhirlpool. From theCambridge English Corpus She had used neither pool nor spa except for the women's indoor spa and possibly also thewhirlpoolspa on the ship. From theCambridge English Corpus As media attention was focused on thewhirlpool, it is possible that some of the non-responders did not visit thewhirlpoolarea. From theCambridge English Corpus Disentangling the activities among the epidemiological cases who visited thewhirlpoolarea showed that 23 of 24 cases had used both whirlpool and shower. From theCambridge English Corpus After adjusting for confounding factors, only the use of thewhirlpoolproved to be a risk factor. From theCambridge English Corpus Students and staff were battered from all sides, sometimes on top of the wave and sometimes struggling in eddies and whirlpools. From theCambridge English Corpus Visiting thewhirlpoolarea, taking a shower or using thewhirlpoolor the sauna were the activities most associated with a high risk for infection. From theCambridge English Corpus The transitional cohort of older people has been caught up in and marginalised by thewhirlpoolof political, economic, social and migrationrelated changes since 1990. From theCambridge English Corpus I expected to open the cover and be drawn into awhirlpoolof complicated statistical equations and methodologies. From theCambridge English Corpus With our clinically based case definition we found only two cases who had not visited thewhirlpoolarea. From theCambridge English Corpus The core of the structural and syntactic matrix is hollow, like the center of awhirlpool. From theCambridge English Corpus But epidemiological investigation strongly suggests that thewhirlpoolwas the source of the outbreak. From theCambridge English Corpus He had used the men's indoor spa bath twice a day for 3 days, but neither awhirlpoolspa nor a warm pool during the cruise. From theCambridge English Corpus Nonetheless, our investigation shows that the conditions for an outbreak of serious legionellosis were present which underlines the importance of strict maintenance routines and regular controls of whirlpools. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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