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。
• 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。
• She was drawn into a maelstrom of revolutionary events.
  她被卷入革命事件的洪流中。
• Certain that the maelstrom of words will not spirit me away.
  肯定那词语的大漩涡绑不走我。
• He is a native of Beijing, a city that is an international cultural maelstrom, has developed media, gathers all the elites, and gave him a broader and more global vision, a possibility to go beyond.
  作为土生土长的北京人，国际大都会的文化漩涡，发达的媒体，精英荟萃的各界人士，为他提供了更开阔更具整体性的视点，和深入的可能。
• 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 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 Hubble Space Telescope view of the central region of the Carina Nebula reveals a violent maelstrom of star birth.
  此次哈勃空间望远镜对船底座星云中心区域的观察展现了一场狂暴的恒星诞生风潮。
• Most immediately, the maelstrom on Wall Street has transformed the US election campaign.
  几乎是同时，华尔街崩溃改变了美国总统大选。
• 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。