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单词 maelstrom
释义

mael·strom

noun
/ˈmeɪlstrɒm/
/ˈmeɪlstrəm/
[usually singular]
  1. (literary) a situation full of strong emotions or confusing events, that is hard to control and makes you feel frightened(思想、感情、事态的)混乱,骚乱,动乱
    • a maelstrom of conflicting emotions矛盾情感的漩涡
    • They were being sucked into the maelstrom of war.他们正被卷入战争的漩涡之中。
  2. a very strong current of water that moves in circles大旋涡 synonym whirlpool
  3. Word Originlate 17th cent.: from early modern Dutch (denoting a mythical whirlpool in the Arctic Ocean, west of Norway), from maalen ‘grind, whirl’ + stroom ‘stream’.
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