whirlpool
意味
- (水流の)渦,渦巻き(eddy)
例文
The boat fell into a whirlpool and overturned.
ボートが渦潮に巻き込まれ横転しました。
It has a big whirlpool and a strong current.
大きな渦巻きと急流があります。
The boat fell into a whirlpool and capsized.
ボートは渦潮に飲み込まれ転覆してしまった。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From earlier whirlpoole, whirlpole, apparently from Middle English *whirlpole, potentially coalescing Old English hwierfel (“whirlpool”) and Old English hwierfepōl (“whirlpool”). Equivalent to whirl + pool. Cognate with Scots quhirlepole, whirle-pule (“whirlpool”). Compare also English whirlpit. Eclipsed non-native Middle English gurges (“whirlpool”), borrowed from Latin gurges (“whirlpool”).