émeute

词形变化

émeutes 复数 émeutes

别名

emeute

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A seditious tumult; an outbreak.

    古体

    1834: George Browning, The Domestic and Financial Condition of Great Britain At court, all was uncertainty and gloom ; plots, intrigues, and conspiracies, were the ordinary topics of popular discussion ; and the outburst of some diabolical emeute to subvert the throne, was awaited with anxious apprehension.

    1841: Frederic Tolfrey, The Sportsman in France Certain rumours of an emeute in Paris had reached the quiet little village of Arques towards the end of July, and on the 28th of the month the report was confirmed by the outbreak of the Revolution.

词源

Borrowed from French.

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