英语释义
1. something that resembles a whirlpool
the hellish vortex of battle
— Time
2. a mass of fluid (such as a liquid) with a whirling or circular motion that tends to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle and to draw toward this cavity or vacuum bodies subject to its action especially whirlpool, eddy
3. a region within a body of fluid in which the fluid elements have an angular velocity
4. a mass of spinning air, liquid, etc., that pulls things into its center
5. to mix (as the contents of a test tube) by means of a rapid whirling or circular motion
vortex air into a solution