vortex

英 [ˈvɔːteks]

美 [ˈvɔːrteks]

n.  低涡; 涡旋; 感情(或局势)的旋涡

复数：vortices　现在分词：vortexing　过去式：vortexed　

TEM8化学

Collins.1 / BNC.15991 / COCA.14424

牛津词典

noun

• 低涡；涡旋
  a mass of air, water, etc. that spins around very fast and pulls things into its centre
• 感情（或局势）的旋涡
  a very powerful feeling or situation that you cannot avoid or escape from
  1. They were caught up in a whirling vortex of emotion.
     他们陷入了感情旋涡。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （风或水流形成的）漩涡，涡流
  Avortexis a mass of wind or water that spins round so fast that it pulls objects down into its empty centre.
  1. The polar vortex is a system of wintertime winds.
     极地涡旋是冬季风形成的一个风系。
  2. ...the spiralling vortex airflow that slows the plane.
     使飞机减速的螺旋形气流涡旋
• N-COUNT （局势的）漩涡;无法控制的处境
  If you refer to a situation as avortex, you feel that you are being forced into it without being able to prevent it.
  1. When marriages break down children are swept into the vortex of their parents' embittered emotions.
     当婚姻破裂时，孩子们也被卷进父母感情日益恶化的漩涡中。
  2. ...a self-destructive vortex of alcoholic binges and blackouts.
     纵酒狂欢和醒来时什么都不记得的自毁漩涡

英英释义

noun

• a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
  Synonym:whirlpoolmaelstrom
• the shape of something rotating rapidly
  Synonym:whirlswirlconvolution

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