turmoil

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n. 骚动, 混乱

发音

US
UK /ˈtɜːmɔɪl/

词形变化

turmoils 复数 turmoils turmoiled turmoiling turmoils 三单 turmoiling 现在分词 turmoiled 过去式 turmoiled 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

混乱，骚动

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    A state of great disorder or uncertainty.

    骚乱

    不可数
  2. 2.

    Harassing labor; trouble; disturbance.

    不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.

    不及物 废旧
  2. 2.

    To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.

    废旧 及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

excitement agitation upheaval hullabaloo tumult convulsion

上位词 10

disturbance commotion flutter disruption to-do agitation hoo-ha hoo-hah hurly-burly kerfuffle

词源

Unknown. First appears c. 1526. Perhaps from Old French tremouille (“the hopper of a mill”).

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