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单词 maelstrom
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maelstrom

noun
/ˈmeɪlstrɒm/
/ˈmeɪlstrəm/
[usually singular]
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  1. (literary) a situation full of strong emotions or confusing events, that is hard to control and makes you feel frightened
    • a maelstrom of conflicting emotions
    • They were being sucked into the maelstrom of war.
  2. a very strong current of water that moves in circles synonym whirlpool
  3. Word Originlate 17th cent.: from early modern Dutch (denoting a mythical whirlpool in the Arctic Ocean, west of Norway), from maalen ‘grind, whirl’ + stroom ‘stream’.
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