- (specialist)
a mass of air, water, etc. that turns round and round very fast and pulls things into its centre 低涡；涡旋；旋涡 - (literary)
a very powerful feeling or situation that you cannot avoid or escape from 感情（或局势）的旋涡
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin vortex, vortic-, literally ‘eddy’, variant of vertex.