a column of air moving rapidly round and round in a cylindrical or funnel shape
旋风。
used in similes and metaphors to describe a very energetic or tumultuous person or process
(用在明喻和暗喻中)旋风式的人;咄咄逼人的人;激烈的过程
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a whirlwind of activity 激烈的活动
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[as modifier]
a whirlwind romance .旋风式恋爱。
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(
sow the wind and )reap the whirlwind suffer serious consequences as a result of one's actions 自食其果;恶有恶报 -
[ORIGIN with biblical allusion to Hos. 8 7.]