whirlpool

/hwurl-pool, wurl-/US // ˈʰwɜrlˌpul, ˈwɜrl- //UK // (ˈwɜːlˌpuːl) //

漩涡,涡流,漩涡池,漩涡浴

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : water in swift, circular motion, as that produced by the meeting of opposing currents, often causing a downward spiraling action.
- : whirlpool bath.
- : Heraldry. gurge.

nounspinning water

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To minimize this problem, Jacuzzi, the brand that came out with the first whirlpool tub, in 1968, now has a feature called Auto-Dri, which blows remaining air out of the system after the tub drains.
In a whirlpool tub, the pump sends the debris into the tub itself.
A vortex occurs when air or water spins around a central point, like a whirlpool.
The shock plunges you into a whirlpool of fear, denial and feverish action.
The new wrinkle is that the river of time may whirlpool and even fork.
The wild frontier life had drawn him in and under, as in a whirlpool; but he was New Englander yet at heart.
The money was sucked into the whirlpool; there was a speedy cry for more; and more was got and sacrificed.
Thereafter we were buffeted like chips in the swirling maw of a whirlpool; we fought our way rod by rod.
He had now come to the verge of the whirlpool of destruction, and, in a frenzied moment, he threw himself into the awful vortex!
He begins to edge in, and starts grinding his camera frantically as he is lifted into the whirlpool of humanity.