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

• What eddies exist may be small, turbulent, or difficult to reach.
  漩涡的存在可能很小，很狂暴，或者很难通过。
• 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。
• Observation and study of the circulation and meso-scale eddies in the upper layer of the South China Sea in the summer of 1998
  1998年夏季南海上层环流与中尺度涡旋观测研究
• Commanders look to cruise in cold-water eddies or just below boundaries between seawater layers, each of which can help refract sound away from the ocean surface.
  潜艇指挥官通常希望航行在冷水漩涡或在海水层交界处的下方，这些位置有助于将声音折射出海面。
• Analysis of the Structures and the Mechanisms of the Cyclonic Eddies to the Northwest of Luzon Islands
  吕宋岛西北海域气旋式涡旋的结构及其形成机制
• 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。
• 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。
• It is shown that the growth of ridge over the Ural Mountains tends to organize transient eddies into the region upstream from the central North Atlantic to the coastal western Europe.
  结果表明：当乌拉尔地区高压脊发展时，有利于瞬变在上游的北大西洋中部到西欧沿岸地区组织起来。
• 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。
• But their work appears to merge in the study of large eddies.
  但在大旋涡的研究上，他们的工作看来却殊途同归。