maelstrom

🇬🇧 UK/'meilstrәm/🇺🇸 US

GREC2

Definitions

n.

A large, violent whirlpool; a chaotic or turbulent situation

大漩涡；混乱局面

🧩 Root Breakdown

Loanword

maelstromother

=maelstrom

Common Collocations

1.[social/political/emotional] maelstrom[社会的/政治的/情感的]漩涡
2.maelstrom [of chaos/conflict][混乱的/冲突的]漩涡

Example Sentences

1.
A maelstrom of confusion surrounded the accident scene.
2.
The political situation became a maelstrom of competing interests.

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