vortex 英 [ˈvɔ:teks]   美 [ˈvɔrteks]

vortex

vortex  英 [ˈvɔ:teks] 美 [ˈvɔrteks]

n. 涡流;漩涡 

名词复数:vortices 

They were caught up in a whirling vortex of emotion. 他们陷入了感情漩涡。
vortex flow 涡(漩)流

  • Think vortex and picture a tornado or whirlpool — swirling around, causing destruction.
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  • n. 涡流;漩涡
  • 1. They were caught up in a whirling vortex of emotion.

    他们陷入了感情漩涡。

  • 2. vortex flow

    涡(漩)流

  • 3. He was drawn into the vortex of politics.

    他被卷入政治的漩涡中

  • vortex (n.) 1650s, "whirlpool, eddying mass," from Latin vortex, variant of vertex "an eddy of water, wind, or flame; whirlpool; whirlwind," from stem of vertere "to turn" (from PIE root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend"). Plural form is vortices. Became prominent in 17c. theories of astrophysics (by Descartes, etc.). In reference to human affairs, it is attested from 1761. Vorticism as a movement in British arts and literature is attested from 1914, coined by Ezra Pound. Related: Vortical; vorticist.
vor·tex / ˈvɔːteks ; NAmE ˈvɔːrteks / noun ( plural vor·texes or vor·ti·ces / ˈvɔːtɪsiːz ; NAmE ˈvɔːrtɪsiːz / ) 1 ( technical 术语 ) a mass of air, water, etc. that spins around very fast and pulls things into its centre 低涡;涡漩 SYN whirlpool , whirlwind 2 ( literary) a very powerful feeling or situation that you cannot avoid or escape from 感情(或局势)的漩涡 They were caught up in a whirling vortex of emotion. 他们陷入了感情漩涡。 vortex vortexes vortices vor·tex / ˈvɔːteks ; NAmE ˈvɔːrteks / vor·ti·ces / ˈvɔːtɪsiːz ; NAmE ˈvɔːrtɪsiːz /
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