maelstrom
柯林斯词典
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. 她的內心処於各種情緒的漩渦中。
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maelstrom /ˈmeɪlstrəʊm/ (maelstroms)
剑桥词典
maelstrom noun (SITUATION)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 通常作爲單數使用的名詞 ]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 . 國家逐漸陷入內戰的大動亂之中。
maelstrom noun (WATER)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]an area of water that moves with a very strong circular movement and sucks in anything that goes past
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