vortex
美音:
[´vɔ:teks
]英音:
[´vɔ:teks
]n.旋涡,旋风,涡流,(动乱,争论等的)中心
难易程度:
vortex为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词复数:vortexes
词根
vrs,vert=to turn(转移;改变;转向)
近义词, 同义词
vortex
/'vɔ:teks; `vɔrtɛks/
n (pl 复数作 ~es or, in scientific use, 科技用语复数作 -tices / -tIsi:z; -tI9siz/)
1 [C] whirling mass of water, air, etc, as in a whirlpool or whirlwind (水、空气等的)涡流, 涡旋, 旋涡, 旋风.
2 [sing] (fig 比喻) social group, profession, etc seen as sth that swallows those who approach it; whirl of activity可将周围的人卷入的社会集团、职业等; 活动的旋涡
*drawn helplessly into the vortex of society, party politics, etc 不由自主卷入社会、党派斗争等的旋涡里.
vortex
npluralvortices [-tɪsiːz/