单词 | welter |
释义 | welter From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwelterwel‧ter /ˈweltə $ -ər/ noun → a welter of somethingExamples from the Corpuswelter• John James, in addition to the financial complications, faced a welter of other unexpected difficulties.• Under the impact of soaring oil prices living standards collapsed in a welter of rationing and corruption.• The fanfare seized up on its first chord and then seemed to fall over itself, collapsing in a welter of notes.• The grypesh swam out after them, and there were battles fought there in a welter of blood and foam.• Apt observations dissolved into a shapeless welter.• It seemed self-evident that in the welter of these breathtaking claims, the case for planning no longer needed to be argued.Origin welter (1800-1900) welter “state of confusion” ((16-19 centuries)), from welter “to roll about, be in a state of confusion” ((14-20 centuries)), from Middle Dutch welteren or Middle Low German weltern |
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