maelstrom

1. N-COUNT If you describe a situation as a maelstrom, you mean that it is very confused or violent. 漩渦; 動(dòng)亂[文學(xué)性] [usu sing, usu with supp, oft N 'of' n]

...the maelstrom of ethnic hatreds and vendetta politics. …種族仇恨和家族世仇之爭(zhēng)的漩渦。

Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions. 她的內(nèi)心處于各種情緒的漩渦中。