英语词汇“vortex”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Think vortex and picture a tornado or whirlpool — swirling around, causing destruction.

If you picture a whirlpool spinning and draining like water out of a bathtub, you'll get a pretty good impression of what a vortex looks like. Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz found out first-hand the meaning of vortex as she and her house whirled around in the funnel cloud of a tornado. In a figurative sense, vortex can be used to tell about something that seems like it is whirling out of control, all consuming, or chaotic. This may include exam week, your relationships, or your life in general.

WORD FAMILY

vortex: vortexes, vortices

USAGE EXAMPLES

But there’s a beautiful jewel at the vortex of each whirlpool that draws me in.

Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016)

For Heidecker, Trump’s movement is a vortex of incoherence straining toward meaning but falling short even of platitude.

Slate(Dec 22, 2016)

Dr. Lentink said the vortex at the tip of each wing “broke down really quickly, and we never expected that.”

New York Times(Dec 21, 2016)

1n a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

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maelstrom, whirlpool

Charybdis

(Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla

current, stream

a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)

2n the shape of something rotating rapidly

Syn|Hyper

convolution, swirl, whirl

round shape

a shape that is curved and without sharp angles

单词	vortex
释义	vortex (once / 2864 pages) n Think vortex and picture a tornado or whirlpool — swirling around, causing destruction. If you picture a whirlpool spinning and draining like water out of a bathtub, you'll get a pretty good impression of what a vortex looks like. Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz found out first-hand the meaning of vortex as she and her house whirled around in the funnel cloud of a tornado. In a figurative sense, vortex can be used to tell about something that seems like it is whirling out of control, all consuming, or chaotic. This may include exam week, your relationships, or your life in general. WORD FAMILY vortex: vortexes, vortices USAGE EXAMPLES But there’s a beautiful jewel at the vortex of each whirlpool that draws me in. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) For Heidecker, Trump’s movement is a vortex of incoherence straining toward meaning but falling short even of platitude. Slate(Dec 22, 2016) Dr. Lentink said the vortex at the tip of each wing “broke down really quickly, and we never expected that.” New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1n a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper maelstrom, whirlpool Charybdis (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla current, stream a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) 2n the shape of something rotating rapidly Syn\|Hyper convolution, swirl, whirl round shape a shape that is curved and without sharp angles
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