英:[ˈwɜːlwɪnd]
美:[ˈwɜːrlwɪnd]
英:[ˈwɜːlwɪnd]
美:[ˈwɜːrlwɪnd]
n.
旋风
猛烈的势力
混乱
破坏性的力量或事物
adj.
旋风般的
急速的
喧嚣混乱的
whirl·wind
wuhrl wInd
复数:whirlwinds
noun
a small windstorm, such as a tornado, in which a column of air revolves rapidly around a central, relatively vertical axis as the storm advances.
something that resembles such a storm in violence, destructiveness, or rapidity of movement.
adjective
occurring or moving with great speed or force.a whirlwind tour of Europe
14世纪中期,源自于 whirl(动词)和 wind(名词),可能是以古挪威语 hvirfilvindr 为模板。
The first known use of whirlwind was in the 14th century
whirlybirdnoun
helicopter
whirlwind1 of 2noun
a small windstorm of rapidly rotating air
whirlwind2 of 2adjective
resembling a whirlwind especially in speed or force a whirlwind romance
a whirlwind campaign
1 Cluny had sent the defenders scattering like butterflies in a whirlwind.
2 Piper held out her arms and the makhai made her the centre of their whirlwind.
3 Chiggen's sword raked across the naked face of a mailed rider, and Bronn plunged through the clansmen like a whirlwind, cutting down foes right and left.
4 Whirlwind , Mortal Strike, and Bloodthirst have no innate hate.
旋风斩, 致死一击和嗜血没有先天仇恨.
5 He reaped the whirlwind he had himself stirred up.
他自作自受,遭到了加倍的报应.
6 The Fates swirled around him, dissolving into air, and the glittery whirlwind shot into the sky.
7 He then embarked on a whirlwind program of reform.
然后他着手开始进行旋风式的改革计划。
8 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not.
亚7:14我必以旋风吹散他们到素不认识的万国中.
9 “Seabiscuit! He’s coming through! He’s cutting the others down like a whirlwind!”
10 I swing my legs around, a whirlwind of motion, catching her in the face as she goes to stand and using my momentum to climb to my feet.
11 I laugh, sinking down into the warm couch, the whirlwind of last night still making my heart float miles above the hospital.
12 Like a whirlwind, time passed, and it was Thanksgiving, with the aroma of turkey and Grandma's baking filling the house.
13 They scattered and gathered; they swirled into great whirlwinds; they undulated across the room in waves.
14 A sudden breeze over the Tigris forms a tiny whirlwind.
一阵微风突然拂过,在底格里斯河的河面上形成一个小漩涡。
15 According to this book, I’m supposed to be caught in a whirlwind of teenage emotions, laughing one minute, crying the next, zooming around on a roller coaster, which is their term.
16 Barack Obama completed his whirlwind tour of Europe in Turkey, before a flying visit to Baghdad.
巴拉克.奥巴马在土尔其结束了他的旋风式的欧洲之旅, 随后飞往巴格达进行访问.
17 Thousands of white pigeons suddenly rose from cages on the field, swirling through the stadium in a white whirlwind.
18 He just watched as the whirlwind of paper swirled around their heads.
19 “Give the Greeks a bitter homecoming. Stir up your waters with wild whirlwinds when they sail. Let dead men choke the bays and line the shores and reefs.”
20 I thought about distortion, deflection, whirlwinds and weather.
2 迅速的
fast ready quick round prompt sharp rapid swift speedy nimble winged feathered expeditious unhesitating volant wingy
4 极快的
5 迅速
fast ready quick round prompt sharp rapid swift speedy nimble winged feathered expeditious unhesitating volant wingy quickly rapidly readily promptly swiftly briskly expeditiously roundly sharpish speed velocity expedition readiness haste quickness rapidity fastness nimbleness celerity promptitude speediness expeditiousness like billy oh hand over fist hand over hand
6 旋风
tornado cyclone vortex whirl twister tourbillion hurricane storm willy-willy windspout eddy cyclonic
9 突然的
surprise flash snap overnight dramatic sudden unexpected panic rude precipitate abrupt unheralded precipitant by fits and starts of a sudden
12 突然
surprise flash snap overnight dramatic sudden unexpected panic rude precipitate abrupt unheralded precipitant unawaredly short dead pop sharp suddenly bang dramatically sharply unexpectedly unawares subito abruptness out of a clear sky out of the clear sky by fits and starts by the run on a sudden of a sudden