alarums and excursions

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. All the sounds and activities of preparations for war. plural,plural-only
    — The French armies were not far off, and there were alarums and excursions all along the border.
  2. Any frantic activity. broadly,idiomatic,plural,plural-only
    — He had been well aware ever since his coming to Hathelsborough of an atmosphere of intrigue and mystery; every development that occurred seemed to thicken it. . . . It puzzled him, being still a stranger to the habits and customs of these people, to see that life in Hathelsborough went on, amidst all these alarums and excursions.

词源

From a Shakespearean stage direction, indicating that soldiers should march across the stage, blowing bugles and beating drums, etc.
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