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welter 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈweltər/,
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welters, 3rd person singular present; weltered, past participle; weltering, present participle; weltered, past tense;
  1. Move in a turbulent fashion
    • - the streams foam and welter
  2. Lie steeped in blood with no help or care

Noun
  1. A large number of items in no order; a confused mass
    • - there's such a welter of conflicting rules
  2. A state of general disorder
    • - the attack petered out in a welter of bloody, confused fighting
  1. clutter: a confused multitude of things
  2. toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way; "The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours"
  3. wallow: roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"
  4. be immersed in; "welter in work"
  5. Steeping or weltering may mean: # Saturation in a liquid solvent to extract a soluble ingredient, where the solvent is the desired product. Tea is prepared for drinking by steeping the leaves in heated water to release the flavor and nutrients. ...
  6. general confusion; disorderly mixture; aimless effort; as, a welter of papers and magazines; to roll; to wallow; to be soaked or steeped in; as, to welter in one’s own blood; Of horsemen, heavyweight; as, a welter race
  7. short for "welterweight," a boxer between a junior welterweight and a junior middleweight.
  8. Welter is an open class handicap, often of low standard where the horses are given heavy weights.
  9. A handicap race with a higher minimum weight.
  10. (n/v) - turmoil; to roll, to tumble
  11. Noun: Turmoil, confusion.