Whirlwind
[ '(h)wə:lwind ]
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n. 旋风;猛烈的势力;混乱;破坏性的力量或事物;
adj. 旋风般的;急速的;喧嚣混乱的;
📝 例句
They had a whirlwind romance .
他们之间有过一段短暂的风流韵事。
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
whirlwind
n
1 funnel-shaped column of swiftly circulating air 旋风
[attrib 作定语]
(fig 比喻) a whirlwind (ie very rapid) affair/courtship/romance 仓促间的暧昧关系[求婚/风流韵事].
2 (idm 习语) reap the whirlwind => reap.
🔁 扩展释义
*['hwә:lwind]n. 旋风
📖 同为「公共英语」词汇
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Pretty good, but I got caught in a traffic jam in Beijing.
很好，不过在北京碰上了交通阻塞。
Perhaps not so.
也许不这样。
Young men who have reason to fear that they will be killed in battle may justifiably feel bitter in the thought that they have cheated of the best things that life has to offer.
有理由害怕自己会死在战场上的年轻人，想到自己被剥夺了生活所能给予的最美好的东西时，感到痛苦，这是可以理解的。