whirlpools

英 [ˈwɜːlpuːlz]

美 [ˈwɜrlˌpulz]

n.  (河水或海水的)旋涡; 涡流浴缸; 涡流游泳池
whirlpool的复数

柯林斯词典

• 漩涡
  Awhirlpoolis a small area in a river or the sea where the water is moving quickly round and round, so that objects floating near it are pulled into its centre.
• N-COUNT (很多不愉快或复杂事情构成的)漩涡
  You can describe a situation in which a lot of unpleasant or complicated things are happening, and from which it is very difficult to escape, as awhirlpool.
  1. They felt they were being sucked into a whirlpool of publicity...
     他们觉得好像陷入了一个宣传的漩涡中。
  2. She became caught in a whirlpool of hate.
     她陷入了仇恨的漩涡。
• N-COUNT 涡旋浴池
  Awhirlpool bathor awhirlpoolis a bath that is specially designed so that the water moves round and round.
  1. ...a luxurious whirlpool bath with gold taps...
     有金制水龙头的豪华涡旋浴池
  2. There's also an outdoor whirlpool.
     那里也有一个室外的涡旋浴池。

双语例句

• Home spas or mini whirlpools massage and relax, and can be fitted into the bath.
  家庭热水澡桶或是小型涡流浴缸能够按摩并放松身体，可以安装在浴室中。
• Watch me make whirlpools with my boat paddle!
  看我用船桨制造出的漩涡！
• As the water levels fell, whirlpools hundreds of yards wide appeared, sucking everything into the themselves and creating new danger for passing boats.
  随着水位的下降，漩涡的范围扩张到几十码的区域，它毫不留情滴将周围的所有一切都吸入其内，这又给过往的船只造成了新的危险。
• Those whirlpools, I realize now, had a conceptual, abstract quality to them.
  那些漩涡当然是现在才这样想的具有观念的、抽象的性质。
• The spot where Javert was leaning was, it will be remembered, situated precisely over the rapids of the Seine, perpendicularly above that formidable spiral of whirlpools which loose and knot themselves again like an endless screw.
  沙威凭倚的地方，我们还记得，正在塞纳河急流的上方，可怕的漩涡笔直的就在它下面，漩涡旋开又旋紧，形成了一个无休止的螺旋形。
• The result shows that when vegetation exists in channel, flow structure is more complex, with abundant whirlpools signifying violent turbulence.
  结果表明：水槽中有植被存在时，流场结构较为复杂，充满大量的漩涡，紊动强烈；
• Tiny rippling whirlpools on the water's surface suggest that the ponds are full of fish.
  水面的小漩涡说明池子里尽是鱼。
• One theory was that this sandbank had blocked flowing waters and generated huge whirlpools that engulfed vessels.
  有专家认为，这个沙坝阻挡了席卷而来的水流，由此形成的巨大漩涡将船只无情倾没。
• And then the little mermaid went out from her garden, and took the road to the foaming whirlpools, behind which the sorceress lived.
  小人鱼于是走出了花园，向一个掀起泡沫的漩涡走去巫婆就住在它的后面。
• When I closed my eyes and concentrated, the music came to me as a series of whirlpools.
  每当我闭目凝神之时，便可以看见其旋律卷起若干漩涡。