whirlwind

英 [ˈwɜːlwɪnd]

美 [ˈwɜːrlwɪnd]

n.  旋风; 旋流; 一片忙乱
adj.  快速的; 匆匆忙忙的; 旋风似的

复数：whirlwinds　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.14449 / COCA.12458

牛津词典

noun

• 旋风；旋流
  a very strong wind that moves very fast in a spinning movement and causes a lot of damage
• 一片忙乱
  a situation or series of events where a lot of things happen very quickly
  1. To recover from the divorce, I threw myself into a whirlwind of activities.
     为了从离婚中恢复过来，我马不停蹄地投身于一系列的活动。

adj.

• 快速的；匆匆忙忙的；旋风似的
  happening very fast
  1. a whirlwind romance
     旋风式恋爱
  2. a whirlwind tour of America
     旋风式的美国之行

柯林斯词典

• (陆地或海洋上的)旋风，旋流
  Awhirlwindis a tall column of air which spins round and round very fast and moves across the land or sea.
• N-COUNT 一连串的突发事件
  You can describe a situation in which a lot of things happen very quickly and are very difficult for someone to control as awhirlwind.
  1. I had been running around southern England in a whirlwind of activity...
     我一直奔忙于英格兰南部地区，疲于应对一连串的活动。
  2. He had been swept aside in the whirlwind of reform and anarchy.
     在改革和无政府状态交织的混乱风暴中，他被抛在了一边，没人理睬。
• ADJ 旋风般的;匆匆忙忙的;快速的
  Awhirlwindevent or action happens or is done much more quickly than normal.
  1. He got married after a whirlwind romance.
     在一场旋风式的恋爱后他很快就结婚了。
  2. ... a whirlwind tour of France.
     走马观花式的法国之旅

英英释义

noun

• a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth

双语例句

• I hope you've enjoyed this whirlwind introduction to the XFS filesystem.
  希望您喜欢这篇对XFS文件系统的快速介绍。
• After a whirlwind romance the couple announced their engagement in July.
  在闪电式的恋爱后，两人在7月宣布订婚。
• Whirlwind has a new sound.
  旋风斩有了个新音效？
• After a whirlwind courtship, they married and went to live in Bath.
  经过一场旋风式恋爱，他们结了婚，到巴斯生活去了。
• He had been swept aside in the whirlwind of reform and anarchy.
  在改革和无政府状态交织的混乱风暴中，他被抛在了一边，没人理睬。
• I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations, where they were strangers.
  我必以旋风吹散他们到素不认识的万国中。
• He got married after a whirlwind romance.
  在一场旋风式的恋爱后他很快就结婚了。
• Marius had had a furnace in his brain all day long; now it was a whirlwind.
  马吕斯这一整天脑子里燃着一炉火，现在又起了一阵风暴。
• But it was a whirlwind romance for us too, I guess.
  但对我们两个人来说，这是一种‘旋风’式的浪漫。
• His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet.
  他乘旋风和暴风而来，云彩为他脚下的尘土。