whirlwind

1. N-COUNT A whirlwind is a tall column of air that spins around and around very fast and moves across the land or sea. 鏇風(fēng)

2. N-COUNT You can describe a situation in which a lot of things happen very quickly and are very difficult for someone to control as a whirlwind. 衆(zhòng)多事情一下子發(fā)生令人難以招架的侷麪

I had been running around southern California in a whirlwind of activity. 我一直在南加州輾轉(zhuǎn)奔走，窮於処理應(yīng)接不暇的事務(wù)。

3. ADJ A whirlwind event or action happens or is done much more quickly than normal. 閃電式的 (形容事件或行動(dòng)發(fā)生迅速)[ADJ n]

He got married after a whirlwind romance. 他在一場(chǎng)閃電式戀愛(ài)之後結(jié)婚了。