(pl. -ies)
1- a circular movement of water causing a small whirlpool旋流; 旋涡。
1.1
- a movement of wind, fog, or smoke resembling this旋涡般的风（或雾、烟）。
-ies, -ied
no obj., with adverbial of direction(of water, air, or smoke) move in a circular way（水、空气或烟）起旋涡; 旋转：the mists from the river eddied round the banks.
从河上升起的雾在堤岸间回旋。
词源
late Middle English: probably from the Germanic base of the Old English prefix ed- 'again, back'.