eddy

eddy
(pl. -ies)
  1. 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)
  1. [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
  1. late Middle English: probably from the Germanic base of the Old English prefix ed- 'again, back'
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