Welter

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–verb (used without object) 

1. to roll, toss, or heave (用力舉起), as waves or the sea. 

2. to roll, writhe, or tumble about; wallow, as animals (often fol. by about): pigs weltering [about] happily in the [mud].  



3. to lie bathed in or be drenched in something, esp. blood. 

4. to become deeply or extensively involved, associated, entangled, etc.: to welter in [setbacks], [confusion], and [despair].  



–noun 

5. a confused mass; a jumble or muddle (將...混在一起): a welter [of] anxious faces. 

6. a state of commotion, turmoil, or upheaval: the welter that followed the surprise [attack]. 

7. a rolling, tossing, or tumbling about, as or as if by the sea, waves, or wind: They found the [shore] through the mighty welter.  



—Synonyms 

6. confusion, tumult.





　

Moral relativism [reigns], but blessed with a resourceful and attractive protagonist (Carice van Houten as Rachel Stein), Black Book doesn't [dwell] on it. There's as much pandering as pondering. The movie whips along, unafraid of narrative excess or hairpin plot turns. 



Verhoeven, 68, was an impressionable child during the Nazi occupation ("It was like big special effects in the sky," he told The New York Times), and the war is explicitly presented as a remembered welter of [sensations]—meant to break your heart before it even begins. 





bask 

Turtles like to bask in the [sun].

permeate 

Bright [sunshine] permeated the room. 

[Cynicism] permeated his report.  

His speeches are permeated [by] [with] [pessimism]. 

pervade

There was a smell of coffee pervadin[g t]he [atmosphere].

This error pervade[s a]ll present-day [systems].



wallow

Goats wallowed in the [dust].  

A [gunboat] wallowed toward [port].  

Waves of black [smoke] wallowed into the room. 

an [elephant] wallow

engulf

The [overflowing] river has engulfed many small towns along its banks. 

He engulfed [himself] in his studies.

steep

Although the story is steeped [in] sexuality

suggests that he has been not only steeping [himself] in the Old Masters of Italian cinema but reading Stendhal on the side.

imbue

She was imbu[ed] [with] strong [family loyalty]. 

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