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

• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• There is a pair of "kidney eddies" on the vertical section of the outlet of effusion hole, and the "kidney eddies" will moves into the main flow when the blowing ratio is increased.
  而在发散孔出口与主流方向垂直的位置会形成一对旋转方向相反的肾形涡，且涡的位置随吹风比的增大而移向主流区域。
• 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。
• The zone was moved again fractionally to the west on Monday, based on a reassessment of ocean drift taking into account a more circular counterclockwise current and eddies than in the earlier search zone to the south.
  本周一，搜索区域再次小幅西移，这是考虑到修改后的搜索区域比原先偏南的搜索区域有更强的呈逆时针方向的洋流和涡流。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。