welter

/wel-ter/US // ˈwɛl tər //UK // (ˈwɛltə) //

焊工,焊缝,鞭炮声,鞭炮

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb

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- : to roll, toss, or heave, as waves or the sea.
- : to roll, writhe, or tumble about; wallow, as animals: pigs weltering about happily in the mud.
- : to lie bathed in or be drenched in something, especially blood.
- : to become deeply or extensively involved, associated, entangled, etc.: to welter in setbacks, confusion, and despair.

n.名词 noun

1
- : a confused mass; a jumble or muddle: a welter of anxious faces.
- : a state of commotion, turmoil, or upheaval: the welter that followed the surprise attack.
- : a rolling, tossing, or tumbling about, as or as if by the sea, waves, or wind: They found the shore through the mighty welter.

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There no longer is anywhere to hide from the swelter and welter of the American id.
More to Love is a confounding welter of self-confidence and self-loathing.
Out, he threaded his way recklessly through a welter of vehicles and picked up the tail as his man entered an office building.
A tiny blot it was, against the golden welter on the eastern horizon; a blot whence rose fine-pricked masts and useless sails.
There she could welter and rot if she pleased, fulfilling the excellent economy of life provided for us in these islands.
He was the representative of an old order going down in the unforeseeable welter of twentieth-century politics.
The swirling water touched the sides of the long-boat and then receded when the stricken schooner struggled up from the welter.