| 单词 | turbulent |
| 释义 | turbulent (once / 885 pages) adj Turbulent means chaotic, disordered, characterized by conflict. A time of war is a turbulent time for a country. If your family moves and your parents get divorced, you might call that a turbulent period in your history. This adjective also commonly describes unstable or violent movement in the atmosphere, or in oceans and rivers. When the pilot comes announces turbulent air or turbulence ahead, get ready for the plane to bump and shake. Turbulence has another specialized sense when describing an uneven flow of a liquid or gas. WORD FAMILYturbulent: nonturbulent, turbulence, turbulency, turbulently+/turbulence: turbulences/turbulency: turbulencies USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s been a strange, unsettling year in the art market and 2017 looks likely to be just as turbulent. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Matters of war, race and religion coursed through his life in a publicly turbulent way. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) It was a turbulent year defined by political and environmental fights. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination a turbulent and unruly childhood Syn disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous unquiet characterized by unrest or disorder 2adj (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence turbulent rapids Syn churning, roiled, roiling, roily agitated physically disturbed or set in motion |
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