whirlwinds

英 [ˈwɜːlwɪndz]

美 [ˈwɜrlˌwɪndz]

n.  旋风; 旋流; 一片忙乱
whirlwind的复数

柯林斯词典

• (陆地或海洋上的)旋风，旋流
  Awhirlwindis a tall column of air which spins round and round very fast and moves across the land or sea.
• N-COUNT 一连串的突发事件
  You can describe a situation in which a lot of things happen very quickly and are very difficult for someone to control as awhirlwind.
  1. I had been running around southern England in a whirlwind of activity...
     我一直奔忙于英格兰南部地区，疲于应对一连串的活动。
  2. He had been swept aside in the whirlwind of reform and anarchy.
     在改革和无政府状态交织的混乱风暴中，他被抛在了一边，没人理睬。
• ADJ 旋风般的;匆匆忙忙的;快速的
  Awhirlwindevent or action happens or is done much more quickly than normal.
  1. He got married after a whirlwind romance.
     在一场旋风式的恋爱后他很快就结婚了。
  2. ... a whirlwind tour of France.
     走马观花式的法国之旅

双语例句

• ( Greek mythology) one of the whirlwinds; son of Typhoeus and Echidna; father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx.
  （希腊神话）旋风之一；百头巨怪和厄喀德那之子；刻尔柏洛斯、客迈拉和斯芬克斯之父。
• And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
  他的箭必射出像闪电。主耶和华必吹角，乘南方的旋风而行。
• They base this belief upon the known effects that sunspots produce, and upon one astronomer's uncontested showing that sunspots are whirlwinds of electrified matter that burst out in pairs from the sun's interior.
  他们的这种观点是以已知的太阳黑子所产生的影响为基础的。同时科学家也毫无异议的证明太阳黑子的是从太阳内部爆发出来的成双成队的电化物质的旋风。
• These two men, standing there motionless and in conversation, in the snow which was falling in whirlwinds, formed a group that a policeman would surely have observed, but which Marius hardly noticed.
  那两人站在飞旋的大雪下面，挤作一团在谈话，一动也不动，城区的警察见了肯定会注意，马吕斯对此警惕却不高。
• These are fountains without water, and clouds tossed with whirlwinds, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved.
  他们像无水的泉源，又像为狂风所飘飏的云雾：为他们所存留的，是黑暗的幽冥。
• ( Greek mythology) son of Gaea and Tartarus who created the whirlwinds; had a terrifying voice and 100 dragon heads that spurted fire.
  （希腊神话）盖亚和塔尔塔罗斯的儿子，能刮旋风；声音可怕，有100个喷火的龙头。
• But our views are blurred by the whirlwinds of markets, as firms and fortunes, the commercial "empires" of this era, are lost and made.
  但是，我们的目光由于市场旋风而变得模糊，企业和财富，这个时代的商业“帝国”，丧失和被创造。
• Winds, clouds, whirlwinds, gusts, useless stars!
  风，云，漩流，狂飙，无用的群星！
• The feeling that you cannot survive such whirlwinds also arises from a consummation on a purely inner plane.
  你无法过下去的感觉就像旋风，也来自于一个纯粹的内部层面的之上的完满。
• With Floods and Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire.
  有如洪水旋风般的狂暴的火焰；