| 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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