rumpus
英['r?mp?s]
美['r?mp?s]
- n. 喧鬧；騷亂
詞態變化
復數:?rumpuses;
助記提示
1. ruction: Perhaps from eruption or an altered shortening of insurrection.
2. ruction: perhaps from *reu-（擬聲詞根） <== roar.
3. rumpus, ruckus: perhaps from eruption / rupt- / rump- or *reu-（擬聲詞根） <== roar.
4. 諧音“亂碰騷”。
英文詞源
- rumpus (n.)
- 1764, of unknown origin, "prob. a fanciful formation" [OED], possibly an alteration of robustious "boisterous, noisy" (1540s; see robust). First record of rumpus room "play room for children in a family home" is from 1938.
雙語例句
- 1. He had actually left the company a year before the rumpus started.
- 實際上，在爭論開始一年前他就已經離開公司了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. They kick up a rumpus and throw things at each other.
- 他們吵了起來并互相朝對方扔東西。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. to cause a rumpus
- 引起騷動
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. What's all this rumpus about?
- 什么事情亂哄哄的?
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. The rumpus has made all the optimistic statements about unity and harmony ring a little hollow.
- 這一番吵鬧使得所有關于團結和諧的樂觀言論聽起來都顯得有幾分空洞。
來自柯林斯例句