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

• 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。
• 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。
• In "Maelstrom", what goddess is represented by the figurine that Kara receives?
  在3×17中，卡拉找到的小雕像代表什么女神？
• Enterprises are facing a maelstrom of compliance and control mandates that is taking a toll on IT resources.
  企业正面临一个旋涡遵守和控制的任务是采取收费的IT资源。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is more about the maelstrom of events surrounding him.
  这部短片讲的更多的是围绕在他身边的种种大事件。
• She was drawn into a maelstrom of revolutionary events.
  她被卷入革命事件的洪流中。
• So far the economy is co-operating: earnings at most US companies are holding up despite the credit maelstrom.
  迄今为止，经济面比较配合：尽管信贷市场波动剧烈，但多数美国企业的业绩仍得到支撑。
• Arrive at dusk, having walked through the nearby hutongs, and you can forget the maelstrom of development that has swallowed up most of the old city.
  当你穿过附近的胡同，黄昏时分漫步到那里时，你可以忘却正在或已经发生的灾难性发展，这种发展已经让老北京城的大部分风貌不复存在了。