whirlwind
- n. 旋风，旋流；旋风般的突发事件，匆忙的事情；旋风式的人
- adj. 旋风般的，快速的，匆忙的
[ 复数 whirlwinds ]
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
whirlwind /ˈwɜːlˌwɪnd/ TEM8
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N-COUNT A whirlwind is a tall column of air that spins around and around very fast and moves across the land or sea. 旋风
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N-COUNT You can describe a situation in which a lot of things happen very quickly and are very difficult for someone to control as a whirlwind. 众多事情一下子发生令人难以招架的局面
例：I had been running around southern California in a whirlwind of activity.
我一直在南加州辗转奔走，穷于处理应接不暇的事务。
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ADJ A whirlwind event or action happens or is done much more quickly than normal. 闪电式的 (形容事件或行动发生迅速) [ADJ n]
例：He got married after a whirlwind romance.
他在一场闪电式恋爱之后结婚了。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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After a whirlwind romance the couple announced their engagement in July.
在旋风式的恋爱之后，这对情侣在7月宣布定婚。
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这是一场旋风般的求爱。
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It was a whirlwind romance for us two.
对我们两个人来说，这是一种旋风式的浪漫。
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says the whirlwind of activities leading up to the Oscars leaves him uncertain how he feels about his nomination as best actor.
VOA: standard.2010.02.18
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She and the Chevy seemed parked at the center of an odd religious instant, as if on some other frequency, or out of the eye of some whirlwind rotating too slow for her heated skin even to feel the centrifugal coolness of words were being spoken.
她和她的雪佛兰车，似乎停在了,一个宗教瞬间的中心，就像在其他的频率上，又像是离开了旋风的风眼,风转的如此之慢，以至于她灼热的皮肤,感觉不到言语带来的，离心般的寒冷。
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It's a whirlwind courtship.
旋风般恋爱。
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