transcription, транскрипция: [ meɪlstrɒm ]
( maelstroms)
If you describe a situation as a maelstrom , you mean that it is very confused or violent. ( LITERARY )
...the maelstrom of ethnic hatreds and vendetta politics...
Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions.
N-COUNT : usu sing , usu with supp , oft N of n