maelstrom

• n. 大漩涡；极度混乱；不可抗的破坏力

来自荷兰语Maelstrom,像磨坊一样的水流，漩涡，来自maalen,磨，词源同mill,stroom,水流，词源同stream.原指挪威西部海域传说中的大漩涡，后引申词义混乱。

maelstrom (n.)

1680s (Hakluyt, 1560s, has Malestrand), name of a famous whirlpool off the northwest coast of Norway, from Danish malstrøm (1673), from older Dutch Maelstrom (modern maalstroom), literally "grinding-stream," from malen "to grind" (see meal) + stroom "stream" (see stream (n.)). The name was used by Dutch cartographers (for example Mercator, 1595). OED says perhaps originally from Færoic mal(u)streymur. Popularized as a synonym for "whirlpool" c. 1841, the year of Poe's "A Descent into the Maelstrom."

1. Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions.

她心中的情感似波涛汹涌，起伏不定。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The canoe was tossed about in the maelstrom.

独木舟在旋涡之中摇晃打转.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The river takes a headlong plunge into a maelstrom of rocks and boulders.

河水急流而下,入一个漂砾的漩涡中.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. She was drawn into a maelstrom of revolutionary events.

她被卷入革命事件的洪流中.

来自辞典例句

5. The boat flipped and hurled its passengers into the maelstrom.

这时,小船翻转过来,把上面的乘客都甩进了大漩涡之中.

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