单词 | turbulent |
释义 | turbulenttur‧bu‧lent /ˈtɜːbjələnt $ ˈtɜːr-/ ●○○ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINturbulent ExamplesOrigin: 1400-1500 Latin turbulentus, from turba; ➔ TURBIDEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES word sets
WORD SETS► Meteorology Collocationsanticyclone, 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 FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a stormy/turbulent relationship 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 (=one that involves many arguments)· It had been a stormy relationship and there were frequent drunken rows. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► most· 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► flow· 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. ► period· 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. ► times· 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. ► years· 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. |
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