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Hoopla Excited Lot 英 Huːplɑː] 美 Huːplɑː N.喧闹;投环套物游戏;大肆张扬的宣传;混淆视听的话 People

英语单词 hoopla
英美音标 英 ['huːplɑː] 美 ['huːplɑː]
中文释义 n.喧闹;投环套物游戏;大肆张扬的宣传;混淆视听的话
vocabulary简明 When people get too excited about something, you can describe it as hoopla. Your family may want to make a lot of hoopla on your birthday, while you'd prefer a quiet dinner at home.
vocabulary扩展 Hoopla is when someone goes overboard getting excited about something. A company may raise a lot of hoopla about a new product that's actually kind of boring, and a teacher's hoopla about the class Halloween party might seem silly if she teaches twelfth grade physics rather than kindergarten. The word hoopla has been around since at least the 1800's, although it was originally spelled houp-la, and it was first used as an exclamation similar to oopsie daisy.

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