音标：['meilstrәm]
n. 大漩涡, 极度混乱
在线英汉词典

maelstrom的短语、例句：

maelstrom n (usu sing 通常作单数) 1 great whirlpool 大漩涡. 2 (fig 比喻) state of violent confusion 大动乱
the maelstrom of war 大战乱
She was drawn into a maelstrom of revolutionary events. 她被卷入革命事件的洪流中.