hurly-burly
英 ['hə:li,bə:li]
美
- n. 喧嚣；骚乱
实用场景例句
- He has remained largely aloof from the hurly - burly of parliamentary politics.
- 他基本上一直对喧嚣的议会政治漠不关心.
《简明英汉词典》
- This is such a hurly - burly world where life is solitary.
- 世事喧嚣,人生寂寞.
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中文词源
hurly-burly 骚动，喧闹
来自hurl,猛扔，猛投，引申词义骚乱，喧闹。burly为hurly同韵构词。
英文词源
- hurly-burly
- also hurlyburly, 1530s, apparently an alteration of phrase hurling and burling, reduplication of 14c. hurling "commotion, tumult," verbal noun of hurl (q.v.). Hurling time was the name applied by chroniclers to the period of tumult and commotion around Wat Tyler's rebellion.