vortex 中文

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vortex
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◙ (pl. vortexes 或 vortices -tɪsiːz)
1. a mass of whirling fluid, especially a whirlpool or whirlwind
• 旋涡；旋风
(figurative)something regarded as a whirling mass
• [喻] 旋涡
»a swirling vortex of emotions.
情感的旋涡。

【派生】

♦ vortical adjective
♦ vortically adverb
♦ vorticity noun
♦ vorticose adjective
♦ vorticular adjective

【语源】

1. mid 17th cent.: from Latin vortex, vortic-, literally eddy', variant of vertex