hurlyburly

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A noisy and disorderly tumult and confusion, especially as of battle. countable,idiomatic,uncountable
    — ...for nought is ceaſſed and gone already, what an hurlyburly (?) inconvenience ſhoulde followe or it maye be eaſely perceived.
形容词 adj.
  1. Full of disorder or noisy confusion. idiomatic
    — "I understand the circus that it is," Springer says of the hurly-burly mob scene that often overtakes his show.

词形变化

hurlyburlies plural hurly-burly alternative more hurlyburly comparative most hurlyburly superlative hurly-burly alternative

词源

词源 1
Likely an altered reduplication of hurling (“a tumult”). Compare Swedish huller om buller.
词源 2
Likely an altered reduplication of hurling (“a tumult”). Compare Swedish huller om buller.
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