"eddy" in Chinese (Traditional)
漩渦
Definition
水、空氣或煙霧中逆著主流方向的小型旋轉流動;即漩渦。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
通常用於科學、文學或描述性語境,多指水、空氣或煙霧的小型旋渦。常見用法:'an eddy of smoke' (煙霧的漩渦)。日常口語中不太常用。與物理用語「渦電流」有別。
Examples
A small eddy formed near the river bank.
河岸附近形成了一個小**漩渦**。
The wind made the leaves spin in an eddy.
風讓樹葉在一個小**漩渦**中旋轉。
Smoke rose in an eddy above the fire.
煙霧以**漩渦**狀升起在營火上空。
Children watched the water eddy around a rock.
孩子們看到水在石頭周圍形成**漩渦**。
Dust began to eddy in the empty street as the storm approached.
風暴逼近時,塵土在空無一人的街道上形成**漩渦**。
She watched cigarette smoke eddy through the sunlight.
她看著香菸煙霧在陽光下形成**漩渦**。