eddy

noun · verbA1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

eddieseddys

1.
A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
2.
A circular current; a whirlpool.
3.
(slang)A marijuana edible.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

eddies

V_ing/Gerund

eddying

V_ed/pp

eddied

1.
(intransitive)To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
He waded out, the stream eddying around his legs.
It’s a uniquely American news story, one that eddies until it surges, and then, after it has mostly receded from view, surges again.

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English eddy, from Old English edēa, from ed- (turning, back, reverse) + ēa (water), equivalent to ed- + ea. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é, and, consequently, cognate with et. Related also to ide, eda, ida, ia, ea (eddy), iða.