| 单词 | hullabaloo |
| 释义 | hul·la·ba·loo /ˌhʌləbəˈluː, ˈhʌləbəluː/ noun [singular] informal 1 EXCITEDexcited talk, newspaper stories etc, especially when something surprising or shocking is happening 〔尤指对使人惊讶或震惊的事件的〕激烈评论，大量报道 SYN fuss There was a huge hullabaloo when the book was first published. 那本书刚出版的时候引起了轰动。2 LOUD/NOISYa lot of noise, especially made by people shouting 吵闹声，喧嚣声 SYN commotion She looked up to see what all the hullabaloo was about. 她抬起头想看看是什么事这么吵闹。Examples from the Corpushullabaloo• How could a child as well cared for as that vanish from her ordinary life without some one raising a hullabaloo?• Once a stag caused a great hullabaloo by breaking from cover and bounding away noisily.• We would have come together when his hullabaloo was over.• There's been a huge hullabaloo over Collins' new book.• In almost no time at all, blame for the resultant hullabaloo was laid at my feet.• Remember all the hullabaloo over the golf ball with the transmitter inside it.• In the hullabaloo, he creeps away from the row of houses, silhouetted against the night sky.Origin hullabaloo (1700-1800) Perhaps from hello + Scottish English balloo a word used to make children keep quiethul·la·ba·loo nounChineseSyllable stories excited when talk, Corpus something etc, especially surprising newspaper |
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