| 单词 | whirlpool |
| 释义 | whirlpool (once / 2402 pages) nv When two water currents meet, they sometimes form a swirling, circular whirlpool. There are some small but very strong whirlpools at the bottom of Niagara Falls. The way water moves in a circle as it drains out of your bathtub is a smaller version of what a whirlpool looks like in a large body of water. Whirlpools can be dangerous for swimmers and small boats, although larger ships aren't at any real risk of being sucked into a whirlpool, even a particularly large and powerful one — which can also be called a maelstrom. WORD FAMILYwhirlpool: whirlpooling, whirlpools USAGE EXAMPLESBut there’s a beautiful jewel at the vortex of each whirlpool that draws me in. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) This campaign - rather than a full recall - was agreed with the trading standards department in Peterborough, close to Whirlpool's headquarters. BBC(Dec 22, 2016) “Where the Cannonball River joins the Missouri River … there used to be a whirlpool that created large, spherical sandstone formations,” Allard wrote in Yes! Washington Times(Dec 02, 2016) 1n a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) Syn|Hypo|Hyper maelstrom, vortex Charybdis (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla current, stream a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) 2v flow in a circular current, of liquids Syn|Hyper eddy, purl, swirl, whirl course, feed, flow, run move along, of liquids |
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