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单词 welter
释义
welterwel‧ter /ˈweltə $ -ər/ noun Word Origin
WORD ORIGINwelter
Origin:
1800-1900 welter ‘state of confusion’ (16-19 centuries), from welter ‘to roll about, be in a state of confusion’ (14-20 centuries), from Middle Dutch welteren or Middle Low German weltern
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Apt observations dissolved into a shapeless welter.
  • In between men with machetes hacked and chopped in a welter of gore.
  • It seemed self-evident that in the welter of these breathtaking claims, the case for planning no longer needed to be argued.
  • John James, in addition to the financial complications, faced a welter of other unexpected difficulties.
  • The fanfare seized up on its first chord and then seemed to fall over itself, collapsing in a welter of notes.
  • The grypesh swam out after them, and there were battles fought there in a welter of blood and foam.
  • Under the impact of soaring oil prices living standards collapsed in a welter of rationing and corruption.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Construction of the hospital has been halted by a welter of lawsuits.
  • And the House of Windsor has overdetermined this outcome by sacrificing what remained of its dignity in a welter of family dysfunction.
  • Lost himself in a welter of ambitions, unsafe buildings, cheaper materials; he cooked the books to make more blocks.
  • Rattled, he fell back on to the truckle-bed in a welter of trousers.
  • The announcement came from the Department of Health, besieged by a welter of conflicting evidence.
  • The Board of Health was disbanded in 1858 amid a welter of political intrigue and orchestrated opposition.
  • The fanfare seized up on its first chord and then seemed to fall over itself, collapsing in a welter of notes.
  • The grypesh swam out after them, and there were battles fought there in a welter of blood and foam.
  • This dire situation exists despite a welter of management plans, royalties, taxes, and fees.
a welter of something a large and confusing amount or number of something:  There is a welter of information on the subject.
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