| 正面 | 6596.turmoil 英 ['tɜːmɒɪl]美 ['tɝmɔɪl]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. 偷米油引起骚动、骚乱。n. 混乱，骚动 例句： 1. Abidjan was thrown into turmoil because of a protest by taxi drivers.出租车司机的抗议使得阿比让陷入了混乱。 turmoil 混乱，骚乱词源不详，可能改写自中古法语 tremouille,磨坊漏斗，可能来自 turn,转动，mill,石磨。 turmoil (n.)1520s, of uncertain origin, perhaps an alteration of Middle French tremouille "mill hopper," in reference to the hopper's constant motion to and fro, from Latin trimodia "vessel containing three modii," from modius, a Roman dry measure, related to modus "measure." Attested earlier in English as a verb (1510s), though this now is obsolete." |