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

• Turbulence is an extraordinarily complex three-dimensional flow which is unsteady, inerratic and composed of eddies.
  湍流是一种高度复杂的三维非稳态、带旋转的不规则流动。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• What eddies exist may be small, turbulent, or difficult to reach.
  漩涡的存在可能很小，很狂暴，或者很难通过。
• Study of Mesoscale Eddies in the Subtropical Ocean of the Northwest-Pacific and Adjacent Area; P wave velocity structure in the crust and upper mantle beneath northeastern South China Sea and surrounding regions
  西北太平洋副热带逆流区及其邻近海域中尺度涡研究南海东北部及其邻近地区地壳上地幔P波速度结构
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。