| 英语单词 | commotion |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [kə'məʊʃn] 美 [kə'moʊʃn] |
| 中文释义 | n.骚动;混乱;喧闹 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The discovery caused a tremendous commotion in the scientific world. (2) His reverie had thrown him into severe commotion. (3) You are making a great commotion about nothing. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 那项发现在科学界引起极大的震动。 (2) 他的白日梦把他带入了严重的混乱。 (3) 你简直是在无理取闹。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A commotion is a noisy disturbance. If you're trying to quietly concentrate on reading this, you wouldn't want the person next to you to cause a commotion, or it would distract you. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Commotion, which comes from the Middle French word commocion, means "violent motion, agitation." It can be a disorderly outburst or disruption, like someone yelling in the street at night, or five people arguing about someone talking on a cellphone while a play is being performed in front of them. Commotion can also describe out-of-control movement, like people pushing and shoving to get to the front row of a concert. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-VAR 可变名词]喧闹;混乱;骚动 A commotion is a lot of noise, confusion, and excitement.
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