hue and cry

短语
大学

[法] 通缉文告, 追捕犯人时的叫喊声, 吵声

发音

AU

词形变化

hue and cries 复数 hue and cries hues and cries hues and cries 复数

教材释义与例句

名词

叫嚷；噪杂声

名词

追捕犯人时的叫喊声；追捕犯人的喊声；呼声

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The public pursuit of a criminal, accompanied by shouts to warn others to give chase.

    历史 不可数

    Because he that firſt raiſeth a hue and cry, where no felony is committed, that is, he who giveth the falſe information, is ſeverely puniſhable by fine and impriſonment, if the information be falſe.

  2. 2.

    A loud and persistent public clamour, especially one associated with protest or the making of some demand.

    不可数 引申义

    And because I haven't written off easily, a great hue and cry has gone up that there is something wrong with our whole system of administering justice.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

clamoring clamouring clamor clamour

上位词 6

call cry shout yell outcry vociferation

词源

From Middle English heu and cri, from the Anglo-Norman legal phrase hu e cri.

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