| 英语单词 | flurry |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['flʌri] 美 ['flɜːri] |
| 中文释义 | n.一阵疾风;阵雪;忙乱 v.发慌;焦躁 |
| 英语例句 | (1) A flurry of wind upset the small sailboat. (2) I'm always in a flurry as deadlines get nearer. (3) There was a flurry of excitement in the vestibule. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 一阵疾风吹翻了小帆船。 (2) 一接近最后期限我就忙乱不堪. (3) 过道里传来一阵匆忙的脚步声。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A light blowing swirl of snow that's just barely falling is a flurry. There might be a brief flurry or two at the beginning of the winter, with no real heavy snow until January. |
| vocabulary扩展 | You can describe a snow flurry, or a similarly swirling flurry of leaves or papers. When people act this way, rushing and fussing around, that's another kind of flurry. There might, for example, be a flurry of activity in the morning at your house as everyone hurries to get ready for the day. This sense of flurry is actually about a hundred years older than the snow meaning, which was first used in mid-1800's American English. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](活动或兴奋心情的)一阵 A flurry of something such as activity or excitement is a short intense period of it. [usu N
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](雪等的)一阵 A flurry of something such as snow is a small amount of it that suddenly appears for a short time and moves in a quick, swirling way. [oft N |
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