Welter



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 混乱, 杂乱无章
• ［英］ n. 混乱, 杂乱无章 ( a disordered mixture)
• ［类］ 反义词: orderly arrangement ( 安排有序的)

Webster Collegiate

I. intransitive verb (weltered; weltering)

• Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle Dutch welteren to roll, Old High German walzan, Lithuanian volioti, Latin volvere — more at voluble
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. writhe, toss; also wallow
  • b. to rise and fall or toss about in or with waves
• 2. to become deeply sunk, soaked, or involved
• 3. to be in turmoil

II. noun

• Date: 1596
• 1. a state of wild disorder ; turmoil
• 2. a chaotic mass or jumble <a bewildering welter of data>

III. noun

• Date: 1900
• welterweight

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