vortex
noun /ˈvɔːteks/
/ˈvɔːrteks/
(plural vortexes, vortices
/ˈvɔːtɪsiːz/
/ˈvɔːrtɪsiːz/
)- (specialist) a mass of air, water, etc. that turns round and round very fast and pulls things into its centre
低涡；涡旋；旋涡 - (literary) a very powerful feeling or situation that you cannot avoid or escape from
感情（或局势）的旋涡 - They were caught up in a whirling vortex of emotion.
他们陷入了感情旋涡。
- They were caught up in a whirling vortex of emotion.
词源mid 17th cent.: from Latin vortex, vortic-, literally ‘eddy’, variant of vertex.