柯林斯詞典maelstrom /?me?lstr??m/ (maelstroms) 1. N-COUNT If you describe a situation as a maelstrom, you mean that it is very confused or violent. 漩渦; 動亂[文學(xué)性] [usu sing, usu with supp, oft N 'of' n] ...the maelstrom of ethnic hatreds and vendetta politics. …種族仇恨和家族世仇之爭的漩渦。 Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions. 她的內(nèi)心處于各種情緒的漩渦中。 返回 maelstrom劍橋詞典 maelstrom noun (SITUATION) [ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 通常作為單數(shù)使用的名詞 ] a situation in which there is great confusion , violence , and destruction 大動亂;騷亂;極度混亂 The country is gradually being sucked into the maelstrom of civil war . 國家逐漸陷入內(nèi)戰(zhàn)的大動亂之中。 maelstrom noun (WATER) [ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ] an area of water that moves with a very strong circular movement and sucks in anything that goes past 大漩渦 返回 maelstrom