whirlpool 音標拼音: [w'ɚlp
, ul] [hw'ɚlp
, ul]
n . 漩渦,渦流
漩渦,渦流
whirlpool n 1 :
a powerful circular current of water (
usually the result of conflicting tides ) [
synonym : {
whirlpool }, {
vortex },
{
maelstrom }]
v 1 :
flow in a circular current ,
of liquids [
synonym : {
eddy },
{
purl }, {
whirlpool }, {
swirl }, {
whirl }]
Whirlpool \
Whirl "
pool `\,
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
An eddy or vortex of water ;
a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center ,
into which floating objects may be drawn ;
any body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular channel ,
by the coming together of opposing currents ,
or the like .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A sea monster of the whale kind . [
Obs .] --
Spenser .
[
1913 Webster ]
The Indian Sea breedeth the most and the biggest fishes that are ;
among which the whales and whirlpools ,
called "
balaenae ,"
take up in length as much as four . . .
arpents of land . --
Holland .
[
1913 Webster ]
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "
whirlpool ":
Charybdis ,
Maelstrom ,
ado ,
back stream ,
backflow ,
backwash ,
backwater ,
bustle ,
centrifugate ,
centrifuge ,
countercurrent ,
counterflow ,
counterflux ,
dizzy round ,
eddy ,
flurry ,
furore ,
fuss ,
gulf ,
gurge ,
gyre ,
maelstrom ,
pirouette ,
pother ,
purl ,
rat race ,
reel ,
refluence ,
reflux ,
regurgitation ,
round ,
spin ,
surge ,
swirl ,
turn ,
twirl ,
vortex ,
wheel ,
whirl ,
whirligig ,
whirlwind ,
whorl
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