eddies

英 [ˈediz]

美 [ˈediz]

n.  (空气、灰尘或水的)旋涡，涡流
v.  起旋涡; 旋转
eddy的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• （水或气流的）漩涡，涡流
  Aneddyis a movement in water or in the air which goes round and round instead of flowing in one continuous direction.
• VERB 起漩涡;旋转;杂乱无章地移动
  Toeddymeans to move round and round, or to move in a disorganized way.
  1. The dust whirled and eddied in the sunlight...
     灰尘在阳光下旋转翻腾。
  2. The crowds were eddying into the road.
     人群乱哄哄地涌上街头。

双语例句

• Too much attention should not be paid to eddies of United States opinion.
  不要过分注意美国舆论的涡漩。
• In the most intensely turbulent flows, we can often discern a semblance of order through the disorder of the eddies.
  对大多数强烈湍流，往往可以透过旋涡的混乱看出一种井然有序的外表。
• Meridional heat transfer by large-scale eddies is most significant in the upper troposphere of middle latitude.
  大尺度湍涡的子午线热输送在纬度对流层上层是最重要的。
• From dust devils and squalls up to continent-size eddies that only satellites can see.
  从小尘暴和暴风发展到只有卫星上可以看到的席卷整块大陆的旋涡。
• Are eddies nature's trigger to enhance biological productivity in the Bay of Bengal?
  在孟加拉海湾涡旋是增强生物学能力的自然的引发吗？
• As eddies and waves, our lives do have a certain uniqueness, but they are also the stuff of a larger whole expressing itself in ways that ultimately surpass our comprehension.
  如同漩涡与浪花一半，我们的生命的确有些独特性，但是他们同时也是这个巨大的整体存在的一个小小的表达方式，而这个存在的表达方式也许永远超越于我们的理解力。
• It is shown that the growth of ridge over the Ural Mountains tends to organize transient eddies into the region upstream from the central North Atlantic to the coastal western Europe.
  结果表明：当乌拉尔地区高压脊发展时，有利于瞬变在上游的北大西洋中部到西欧沿岸地区组织起来。
• Looking for small eddies in films may be fun, but scientists look to intermediate-sized eddies for a deeper understanding of turbulence.
  在银幕上搜索小旋涡是有趣的，但是科学家却注意中间尺寸的漩涡，为的是更深入地了解湍流。
• The viscous force constantly drains eddy energy and limits the population of eddies.
  粘性力不断消耗旋涡的能量，从而抑制着旋涡的繁殖。
• Viscosity overwhelms the smallest eddies and converts their energy into heat.
  粘性制服了最小的旋涡而将其能量转换为热。