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

• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• A vortex, as of a whirlwind or whirlpool. The viscous force constantly drains eddy energy and limits the population of eddies.
  涡流，如旋风或旋涡的粘性力不断消耗旋涡的能量，从而抑制着旋涡的繁殖。
• From dust devils and squalls up to continent-size eddies that only satellites can see.
  从小尘暴和暴风发展到只有卫星上可以看到的席卷整块大陆的旋涡。
• Mike told him if he was really his friends, then he should go spend the night at Eddies.
  迈克告诉他，如果他真是迈克的好朋友，他就应该去艾迪家过夜。
• Hulot's team argues that the growth of these reversed patches, presumably eddies that are working against the primary motion of the core, can explain the current decline in the dipole field.
  余洛的研究小组认为，假如此区块是一种与主要地核运动相抗衡的「漩涡」区，那麽此区块的增长便可以解释现今磁偶极场的衰减现象了。
• 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。
• 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