| 单词 | whirlwind |
| 释义 | whirlwind (hwɜːʳlwɪnd ) Word forms: whirlwinds 1. countable noun A whirlwind is a tall column of air which spins round and round very fast and moves across the land or sea. 2. countable noun [usually singular] You can describe a situation in which a lot of things happen very quickly and are very difficult for someone to control as a whirlwind. I had been running around southern England in a whirlwind of activity. [+ of] He had been swept aside in the whirlwind of reform and anarchy. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A whirlwind event or action happens or is done much more quickly than normal. He got married after a whirlwind romance. ... a whirlwind tour of France. Idioms: reap the whirlwind [literary] to suffer now because of mistakes that were made in the past We are reaping the whirlwind from parents who grew up in the sixties, and who themselves were encouraged to question everything. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 旋风, 旋风般的 Japanese: つむじ風, 激しい |
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