eddy
n
circular or spiral movement of water, air, fog, dust, etc (水、 空气、 雾、 尘埃等的)旋涡; 涡流
Eddies of mist rose from the valley. 山谷中薄雾袅袅.
Eddies of dust swirled in the road. 路上尘埃滚滚. eddy, v (pt, pp eddied) [I, Ip]
move in or like an eddy; whirl 呈旋涡状运动; 旋转
(fig 比喻) groups of tourists eddying continually about the main square of the city 在该城主要广场上川流不息的成群旅客.
The Swedes were the first to recognize that public official like civil servants, police officers, health inspectors or tax-collectors can make mistakes or act over-zealously in the belief that they are serving the public.