The products are not as complex as the subprime debt securities in America that sparked the financial crisis in 2008, yet there is much toxic bilge swirling around China’s banks. 这些产品没有2008年引发金融危机的美国次贷证券那么复杂,但中国的银行已经积累了很多毒患。 ——《经济学人》
Talk of development deals swirled around the visit, and Trump sent out his tweet, promising that Trump Tower Moscow was coming. 访问期间,有关开发协议的传言纷纭,并且特朗普还发了推文,承诺莫斯科特朗普大厦即将到来。 ——《纽约时报》
基本释义 [verb] move in a twisting or spiralling pattern [动词] 以盘旋或螺旋的方式移动
一绺头发盘在她细细的脖颈上。 A lock of hair swirled against her lean neck.
玛丽姨妈把一大角的浇了一撮螺旋形掼奶油的多脂甜点放在一个擦得铮亮的银盘里。 Auntie Mary put a huge wedge of rich dessert topped with a swirl of whipped cream on a burnished plate of beaten silver.
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The afternoon sun, slanting low through the newly leaved trees, spun sickeningly for a few moments in a swirl of gold and green. 黄昏的太阳从一片刚刚长出嫩叶的树林中斜照过来,暂时织成一个令人头晕目眩的金黄碧绿的漩涡。
出自美国作家玛格丽特·米切尔(Margaret Mitchell)创作的长篇小说《飘》(Gone with the Wind)。 同近义词
whirl: move or cause to move rapidly round and round
eddy: (of water, air, or smoke) move in a circular way
billow: (of smoke, cloud, or steam) move or flow outward with an undulating motion