1680s (Hakluyt, 1560s, has Malestrand), name of a famous whirlpool off the northwest coast of Norway, from Danish malstrøm (1673), from older Dutch Maelstrom (modern maalstroom), literally "grinding-stream," from malen "to grind" (see meal) + stroom "stream" (see stream (n.)). The name was used by Dutch cartographers (for example Mercator, 1595). OED says perhaps originally from Færoic mal(u)streymur. Popularized as a synonym for "whirlpool" c. 1841, the year of Poe's "A Descent into the Maelstrom."
实用例句
1. Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions.
她心中的情感似波涛汹涌，起伏不定。来自柯林斯例句
2. The canoe was tossed about in the maelstrom.
独木舟在旋涡之中摇晃打转.来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The river takes a headlong plunge into a maelstrom of rocks and boulders.
河水急流而下,入一个漂砾的漩涡中.来自《简明英汉词典》
4. She was drawn into a maelstrom of revolutionary events.
她被卷入革命事件的洪流中.来自辞典例句
5. The boat flipped and hurled its passengers into the maelstrom.
