vortex

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n. 旋涡, 旋风, 涡流 [化] 涡旋

发音

US /ˈvɔɹtɛks/
AU

词形变化

vortexes vortices 复数 vortices vortexes 复数 vortexes 三单 vortexing 现在分词 vortexed 过去式 vortexed 过去分词

别名

vortice

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 1.

    A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.

  2. 2.

    Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre.

    比喻
  3. 3.

    Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current.

    比喻
  4. 4.

    A supposed collection of particles of very subtle matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or planet; part of a Cartesian theory accounting for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it.

    历史
  5. 5.

    Any of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera.

    生物 动物学
v.
  1. 1.

    To mix using a vortex mixer.

    化学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

whirl swirl whirlpool maelstrom convolution

上位词 2

current stream

相关短语

vortex mixer vortex mixers vortex atom vortex atoms vortex ring n. 涡环 vortex rings vortex shedding [化] 涡旋脱落; 涡流发散; 旋涡分离 vortex theory [电] 漩涡理论 vortex tube [化] 涡管; 涡流管 vortex tubes vortex generator vortex generators vortex line vortex lines vortex filament

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin vortex. Doublet of vertex.

来源：wiktionary