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单词 maelstrom
释义 maelstrom
 /mayl"streuhm/,  n.  
  1. a large, powerful, or violent whirlpool.
  2. a restless, disordered, or tumultuous state of affairs: the maelstrom of early morning traffic.
  3. (cap.) a famous hazardous whirlpool off the NW coast of Norway.
 [1550-60 for def. 3; < early D maelstroom, now sp. maalstroom, repr. mal(en) to grind + stroom stream. See MEAL2, STREAM]
 Syn. 2. tumult, pandemonium, bedlam.
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