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Whirlpool N 漩涡 Air H)wə:Lpu:L N.漩涡 英 Place

单词 whirlpool
音标 ['(h)wə:lpu:l]
解释 n.漩涡
红宝书 【英】 n. 漩涡 (a place with circular currents of water in a sea )
【考】 tornado : air / whirlpool : water(龙卷风是空气回流/ 旋涡是水回流)
字源 whirlpool (n.)
1520s, from whirl (v.) + pool (n.1). Old English had hwyrfepol and wirfelmere.
不择手段背单词 n. (急速旋转的水流)漩涡
【记】whirl(v /n 旋转), pool(n 池塘): 漩涡
【类】tornado: air = whirlpool: water龙卷风是空气旋转 = 旋涡是水旋转
趣味全助记 【记】音:涡 + pool,旋涡 + pool;著名的惠而浦洗衣机就是这个词,洗衣服的旋涡
【相关】whirl (音:涡,旋涡)旋转

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