a circular movement of water causing a small whirlpool 旋流;旋涡 ■a movement of wind, fog, or smoke resembling this 旋涡般的风、雾或烟
(-ies, -ied)
[no obj., with adverbial of direction](of water, air, or smoke) move in a circular way 起旋涡;旋转 the mists from the river eddied round the banks. 河上的雾在堤岸上回旋。
语源
late Middle English: probably from the Germanic base of the Old English prefix ed- 'again, back'