vortex
vortex 英 [ˈvɔ:teks] 美 [ˈvɔrteks]
n. 涡流;漩涡
名词复数:vortices
- Think vortex and picture a tornado or whirlpool — swirling around, causing destruction.
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- n. 涡流;漩涡
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1. They were caught up in a whirling vortex of emotion.
他们陷入了感情漩涡。
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2. vortex flow
涡(漩)流
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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.
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