hullabaloo

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˌhʌləbəˈluː/    美 /ˌhʌləbəˈlu/|/ˈhʌləbəˌlu/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A clamour, a commotion; a fuss or uproar. countable,uncountable
    — They made such a hullabaloo about the change that the authorities were forced to change it back.
动词 v.
  1. To make a commotion or uproar. intransitive
    — They roared, they danced, they hullaballoed, they pinched one another; they behaved like young savages – but I knew I had got them safe.

词形变化

hullabaloos plural hallaballoo alternative hallabaloo alternative hulabaloo alternative hullaballoo alternative hellaballoo alternative hellabaloo alternative hullabaloos present,singular,third-person hullabalooing participle,present hullabalooed participle,past hullabalooed past

词源

词源 1
Possibly a rhyming reduplication of halloo (used as a greeting or to catch attention; used in hunting to urge on pursuers), hilloa, hullo (variants of “hello”), and similar words.
词源 2
Possibly a rhyming reduplication of halloo (used as a greeting or to catch attention; used in hunting to urge on pursuers), hilloa, hullo (variants of “hello”), and similar words.
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