maelstrom
noun /ˈmeɪlstrɒm/
/ˈmeɪlstrəm/
[usually singular]- (literary) a situation full of strong emotions or confusing events, that is hard to control and makes you feel frightened
（思想、感情、事态的）混乱，骚乱，动乱 - a maelstrom of conflicting emotions
矛盾情感的漩涡 - They were being sucked into the maelstrom of war.
他们被卷入了战争的漩涡。
- a maelstrom of conflicting emotions
- a very strong current of water that moves in circles
大旋涡
词源late 17th cent.: from early modern Dutch (denoting a mythical whirlpool in the Arctic Ocean, west of Norway), from maalen ‘grind, whirl’ + stroom ‘stream’.