Eddy
['edɪ] or ['ɛdi]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself.
(noun.) founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910).
(verb.) flow in a circular current, of liquids.
杰德手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.
(n.) A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool.
(v. i.) To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.
(v. t.) To collect as into an eddy.
編輯:梅齐
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Counter-current.[2]. Whirlpool, vortex.
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解釋/意思:
n. a current of water or air running back contrary to the main stream thus causing a circular motion: a whirlpool: a whirlwind.—v.i. to move round and round:—pr.p. edd′ying; pa.p. edd′ied.—n. Edd′ying the action of the verb eddy.
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例句/造句/用法:
- The air, entering, rises within, and carries up dust, leaves, and even heavier bodies that happen in its way, as the eddy or whirl passes over land. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- But the Stamp Act affair was only one eddy in a turbulent stream flowing towards civil war. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I don't blush--I never _do_ blush, affirmed she, while another eddy from the heart sent up its scarlet. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- By such practical methods Edison found that the thin, laminated cores of sheet iron gave the least heat, and had the least amount of wasteful eddy currents. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- There is a fierce eddy between the wharf and the house. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- He wants tO stay in the eddy of his own weakness. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- The timber swung slowly so that the bank was behind me and I knew we were in an eddy. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Markest thou the smouldering and suffocating vapour which already eddies in sable folds through the chamber? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Thus these eddies may be whirlwinds at land, water-spouts at sea. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- That they were undaunted while it swirled and eddied about their ankles, spoke well for their bravery and their discipline. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The little spark of temper dissolved in sarcasm, and eddied over her countenance in the ripples of a mocking smile. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- To the east the black smoke clouds rose higher into the heavens, suddenly they eddied, and then commenced to drift rapidly toward the west. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Some eddying fragments I saw in the sea, as if a mere cask had been broken, in running to the spot where they were hauling in. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The figures of a horse and rider came slowly through the eddying mist, and came to the side of the mail, where the passenger stood. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- My eyes were covered and closed: eddying darkness seemed to swim round me, and reflection came in as black and confused a flow. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
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