tohu-bohu

名词 n.
/ˌtəʊ.huːˈbəʊ.huː/|/ˌtoʊ.huˈboʊ.hu/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Chaos, disorder, confusion. uncountable
    — Yet a judge may […] be required to dive, at a moment's notice, into the tohu-bohu of inquiries, which have never yet emerged from the stage of chaos...

词形变化

tohubohu alternative

词源

From Biblical Hebrew תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ, from תֹּהוּ (tóhu, “nothingness, void”) + בֹּהוּ (bóhu, “emptiness, desolation”).
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