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

• 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。
• So she passed quickly through the wood and the marsh, and between the rushing whirlpools.
  这样，她很快地就走过了森林、沼泽和激转的漩涡。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Under their stagnant respectability are whirlpools of evil and erotic passion.
  在他们一本正经的体面外表下，满肚子的邪恶和情欲。
• Watch me make whirlpools with my boat paddle!
  看我用船桨制造出的漩涡！
• Mariners who escaped the onslaught of the tsunami soon had to contend with another peril-the appearance of vast whirlpools off the coast of Japan.
  刚刚逃过滚滚而来的巨大海啸浪涛的船员还来不及喘息，就又将面对另一处险象环生的挑战&在日本近海岸线上出现的巨大漩涡。
• The new wrinkle, is that it can have whirlpools and fork into two rivers.
  而最新看法认为这条河流有可能形成漩涡，并分支成为两条河流。
• 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。