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单词 turbulent
释义 tur·bu·lent
\-nt\ adjective
Etymology: Latin turbulentus tumultuous, stormy, turbulent, from turba confusion, tumult, crowd + -ulentus -ulent
1. : disposed or given to insubordination and disorder : causing great unrest : inciting violence or disturbance
 < their physical courage and prowess … were the talk of the less turbulent settlers — American Guide Series: Minnesota >
 < the hot and turbulent feelings which boiled and surged in her — Virginia Woolf >
2. : being in a state of violent commotion : characterized by great agitation or tumult : violently disturbed or agitated : stormy, tempestuous
 < a turbulent childhood filled with frustration and fears — Diseases of the Nervous System >
 < the turbulent waters of party politics — Victor Lewis >
 < the turbulent years of the revolutionary period >
3. obsolete : causing or tending to cause turbulence : having a disturbing or exciting effect
 < whose heads that turbulent liquor fills with fumes — John Milton >
4. : characterized by random fluctuations of velocity — see turbulent flow; compare critical velocity
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