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."
maelstrom 英文释义
1. a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides)
maelstrom 双语例句
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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maelstrom 实用场景例句
...the maelstrom of ethnic hatreds and vendetta politics...
种族仇恨与政治宿怨造成的大动乱
柯林斯高阶英语词典
Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions.
她心中的情感似波涛汹涌，起伏不定。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
Into the maelstrom of battle!
打入战斗激烈之处!
期刊摘选
Maelstrom Weapon: Cast time reduction now applies to any spell with a cast time.
漩涡武器: 改为减少所有法术的施法时间.
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The canoe was tossed about in the maelstrom.
独木舟在旋涡之中摇晃打转.
《简明英汉词典》
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.
期刊摘选
She was drawn into a maelstrom of revolutionary events.
她被卷入革命事件的洪流中.
辞典例句
Grunt : Warchief, our ship sustained heavy damage when we passed through the raging maelstrom. It's unsalvageable.
大G:酋长, 我们的船在经过大漩涡时遭到严重的破坏. 看来已经无法修复了.
期刊摘选
Here chasing down the story got confusing, and stirred up a minor maelstrom in Tokyo.
接下来的故事就让人困惑了, 并且在东京也引发了点小风波.
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In the center of the maelstrom Morgenes stood, a flask in each outstretched band.
在这大旋涡的正中,站着Morgenes, 两只伸出的手中各拿举一只杯子.
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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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This vortex is the Maelstrom , and it occupies the center of the Great Sea.
这个漩涡的存在使卡里姆多大陆和东部大陆之间的航船变得困难.
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He insisted that he wanted to fight though, so they sent him into the maelstrom.
他仍然坚持要上战场, 于是他们把他送上了前线.
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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.
期刊摘选
The maelstrom sucked in the canoe.
大漩涡吞没了独木舟.
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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.
《简明英汉词典》
The media, and promoting reforms, are now in a great maelstrom of changes and revolutions.
