flurry
英['fl?r?]
美['fl?i]
- n. 慌張；疾風；颶風；騷動
- vt. 使恐慌；使激動
- vi. 慌張；激動
詞態變化
復數:?flurries;
助記提示
1、flutter + hurry.
2. 諧音“慌亂了，慌亂里、慌亂你”。
3. Flurry: 移動數據分析公司：http://www.flurry.com/ 體現了那種數據波動及數據波動曲線的特性、特點。
中文詞源
flurry 一陣忙亂，小陣雨（雪）
來自輔音叢fl, 撲騰，拍打，擬聲詞，詞源同flap, flip, flutter. 引申詞義忙亂，窸窣的聲音，小陣雨，小陣雪等。
英文詞源
- flurry (n.)
- "snow squall" 1828, American English; earlier with a sense of "commotion, state of perturbed action" (1710), "a gust, a squall" (1690s); perhaps imitative, or else from 17c. flurr "to scatter, fly with a whirring noise," which is perhaps from Middle English flouren "to sprinkle, as with flour" (late 14c.).
- flurry (v.)
- 1757, "produce agitation of feeling in, confuse by excitement," from flurry (n.). From 1883 of snow. Related: Flurried; flurries; flurrying.
雙語例句
- 1. a sudden flurry of activity
- 突然的頻繁活動
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. These young fellows are all in a flurry.
- 他們全都是一些毛毛楞楞的小伙子.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. A flurry of wind upset the small boat.
- 一陣疾風吹翻了小船.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. There was a flurry of activity as the film star appeared on the balcony.
- 那名影星在陽臺上一露面就引發了一陣騷動.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. She got carried away in a flurry of excitement, but we brought her down to earth by reminding her of the tasks waiting to be down.
- 她在一陣興奮之中有些想入非非, 但是我們提醒她還有許多事情要做,才使她從幻想回到現實中來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》