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

• 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。
• 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。
• But their work appears to merge in the study of large eddies.
  但在大旋涡的研究上，他们的工作看来却殊途同归。
• Errors and uncertainties multiply, cascading upward through a chain of turbulent features, from dust devils and squalls up to continent-size eddies that only satellites can see.
  误差和不确定性剧烈放大，它们通过一系列湍流状态，从小尘暴和暴风剧增到只有卫星才能观察到的大陆范围的气旋。
• Newsmakers need to understand that the swirling eddies of news are not tiny pools on the shoreline.
  新闻人物要明白新闻的漩涡可不是海边的那些小游泳池。
• Commanders look to cruise in cold-water eddies or just below boundaries between seawater layers, each of which can help refract sound away from the ocean surface.
  潜艇指挥官通常希望航行在冷水漩涡或在海水层交界处的下方，这些位置有助于将声音折射出海面。
• Observation and study of the circulation and meso-scale eddies in the upper layer of the South China Sea in the summer of 1998
  1998年夏季南海上层环流与中尺度涡旋观测研究
• Hulot's team argues that the growth of these reversed patches, presumably eddies that are working against the primary motion of the core, can explain the current decline in the dipole field.
  余洛的研究小组认为，假如此区块是一种与主要地核运动相抗衡的「漩涡」区，那麽此区块的增长便可以解释现今磁偶极场的衰减现象了。
• You went into far Ku-to-yen, by the river of swirling eddies.
  你去了瞿塘滟滪堆，紧挨着那条河，密密麻麻的漩涡。
• 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。