• n. 大漩渦；極度混亂；不可抗的破壞力

來自荷蘭語Maelstrom,像磨坊一樣的水流，漩渦，來自maalen,磨，詞源同mill,stroom,水流，詞源同stream.原指挪威西部海域傳說中的大漩渦，后引申詞義混亂。

maelstrom (n.)

1680s (Hakluyt, 1560s, has Malestrand), name of a famous whirlpool off the northwest coast of Norway, from Danish malstr?m (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 F?roic mal(u)streymur. Popularized as a synonym for "whirlpool" c. 1841, the year of Poe's "A Descent into the Maelstrom."

1. Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions.

她心中的情感似波濤洶涌，起伏不定。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The canoe was tossed about in the maelstrom.

獨木舟在旋渦之中搖晃打轉(zhuǎn).

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The river takes a headlong plunge into a maelstrom of rocks and boulders.

河水急流而下,入一個漂礫的漩渦中.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. She was drawn into a maelstrom of revolutionary events.

她被卷入革命事件的洪流中.

來自辭典例句

5. The boat flipped and hurled its passengers into the maelstrom.

這時,小船翻轉(zhuǎn)過來,把上面的乘客都甩進了大漩渦之中.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)