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单词 turbulent
释义
turbulenttur‧bu‧lent /ˈtɜːbjələnt $ ˈtɜːr-/ ●○○ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINturbulent
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin turbulentus, from turba; TURBID
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a turbulent relationship
  • Jason grew up in the South during the turbulent years of the 1960s.
  • the turbulent white sea
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Change has become a constant in the turbulent economy of deregulation and global competition.
  • In this way it is possible to use the lift low down with safety, provided that the thermals are not too turbulent.
  • Now it was dark, and our world was a dimly seen circle of indigo water, foam-streaked and turbulent.
  • Parental reactions are turbulent, and the usual pathways for the development of close parent-infant bonds are disrupted.
  • The remainder of the transition process consists of the growth of these local regions of turbulent motion, whilst they travel downstream.
  • The town lies in North Morazn, one of the most turbulent areas of El Salvador.
  • The upshot is that small areas of the boundary layer are turbulent.
  • We would do well to ponder the anguish of those turbulent years.
word sets
WORD SETS
anticyclone, nounarid, adjectivebarometer, nouncirrus, nounclimate, nounclimatic, adjectivecloudbank, nouncold front, nouncontrary, adjectivecumulus, nouncyclone, noundeluge, noundepression, nounduster, noundust storm, nounequatorial, adjectivefront, nounfrontal system, nounheadwind, nounhumidity, nounhurricane, nouninversion, nounisobar, nounisotherm, nounjet stream, nounleeward, adjectivelow, nounlow-pressure, nounmaelstrom, nounmirage, nounmonsoon, nounnimbus, nounnorth, adjectivenortheast, adjectivenortheaster, nounnortheasterly, adjectivenortherly, adjectivenorthwest, adjectivenorthwester, nounnorthwesterly, adjectiveonshore, adjectivepeasouper, nounpowder, nounprecipitation, nounrainfall, nounrain gauge, nounrainstorm, nounsandstorm, nounsea breeze, nounsemitropical, adjectivesheet lightning, nounshipping forecast, nounshower, nounshowery, adjectivesirocco, nounsleet, nounslush, nounsmog, nounsouth, adjectivesoutheast, adjectivesoutheasterly, adjectivesoutherly, adjectivesouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivesprinkle, nounsquall, nounsqually, adjectivestill, adjectivestorm, nounstorm cloud, nounstormy, adjectivestrength, nounsubside, verbsubtropical, adjectivesub-zero, adjectivetailwind, nountempest, nounthaw, verbthaw, nounthermal, nounthermometer, nounthunder, nounthunder, verbthunderbolt, nounthunderclap, nounthundercloud, nounthunderstorm, nounthundery, adjectivetidal, adjectivetidal wave, nountornado, nountorrid, adjectivetrade wind, nountropical, adjectivetrough, nountsunami, nounturbulence, nounturbulent, adjectivetwister, nountyphoon, nounwarm front, nounwaterspout, nounweather, nounweatherman, nounweather vane, nounwest, adjectivewesterly, adjectivewhirlwind, nounwhiteout, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=one that involves many arguments)· It had been a stormy relationship and there were frequent drunken rows.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· The town lies in North Morazn, one of the most turbulent areas of El Salvador.· By far the most turbulent stream belonged to Wang Tai himself-Gao Yang was absolutely certain of that.
NOUN
· At smaller Re, the difference between laminar and turbulent flow rates is too small.· This spreading is part of the process of entrainment for a turbulent flow.· Most specifically, Fig. 21.22 is an example of results for a turbulent flow as discussed above.· Studies of the energy balance in turbulent flow, as in Figs. 21.8 and 21.16, provide a straight forward example of this.· Below this slugs do not grow, and fully turbulent flow is not produced at any distance downstream.· A physical description of the principal processes occurring within a turbulent flow can be developed from these.· The statistical description of a turbulent flow starts by dividing the velocity and pressure field into mean and fluctuating parts.· The large eddies are the longest-lived features of a turbulent flow.
· In Britain, this moment has several phases during a long and turbulent period from the late-eighteenth century to the 1840s.· The repercussions of such a turbulent period are not all disadvantageous, however.
· I soon found myself engrossed in the history of the valley; tales and stories of the turbulent times of Border wars.· In those turbulent times that produce skips, however, a slight degradation will be close to unnoticeable.· If so, the town must have known turbulent times in the past.· Given the turbulent times which still afflict the industry, this is a remarkable achievement.· Three presidents came and went in those turbulent times.
· In its two turbulent years so far the currency has been used only for paper financial transactions.· We would do well to ponder the anguish of those turbulent years.· By the time she returned to effective public life the turbulent years of mass riot and discontent on the mainland were past.· Without this revival before 1914 it is difficult to see how the parry could have survived the ten turbulent years that followed.
1a turbulent situation or period of time is one in which there are a lot of sudden changes:  the turbulent times of the French Revolution He has had a turbulent political career.2turbulent air or water moves around a lot:  the dark turbulent waters of the river
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