A gyre is a big whirlpool that traps and moves the plastic in circles.

环流是指让垃圾被困后呈环形运动的大漩涡。

Now small fowls flew screaming over the yet yawning gulf; a sullen white surf beat against its steep sides; then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.

这时，一群小鸟还在大嘴的漩涡上尖叫飞翔；一阵愠怒的白浪拍打在这漩涡陡峭的周边；然后，一切都崩溃，海洋巨大的裹尸布又像五千年前样继续不息地翻腾。

They saw nothing except a strong eddy breaking three cable lengths out, as if those sheets of water had been violently churned.

除有个六百多米宽的大漩涡—好像水面受猛烈的冲击—以外，他们什么也没有看见，只把事故发生的地点确切地记下来。

The international community missed its opportunity to prevent the Syrian crisis from pulling an entire region into a maelstrom of instability.

国际社会错止叙利亚危机将整个地区拖入动荡大漩涡的机会。

There is a permanent whirlpool of storms on Jupiter known as the Great Red Spot, which has been churning for centuries.

木星上有个永久的漩涡“大红斑”，它已经旋转几百年。

They form a whirlpool aptly called the ocean's navel, whose attracting power extends a distance of fifteen kilometers.

形成这个被恰如其份地称为“海洋的肚脐”的大漩涡，它的吸引力一直延伸到15公里外。

The original Maelstrom, also known as the Mostenstraumen or Moskstraumen, is a channel located off the northwest coast of Norway that has dangerous tidal currents.

原始大漩涡，也称为 Mostenstraumen 或 Moskstraumen，是位于挪威西北海岸的一条海峡，具有危险的潮流。

A maelstrom is a powerful often violent whirlpool that sucks in objects within a given radius.

大漩涡是一种强大且常常剧烈的漩涡， 会吸入给定半径内的物体。