Tumult
['tjuːmʌlt] or ['tumʌlt]
解释:
(noun.) violent agitation.
(noun.) a state of commotion and noise and confusion.
埃米尔编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The commotion or agitation of a multitude, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar, and confusion of voices; hurly-burly; noisy confusion.
(n.) Violent commotion or agitation, with confusion of sounds; as, the tumult of the elements.
(n.) Irregular or confused motion; agitation; high excitement; as, the tumult of the spirits or passions.
(v. i.) To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.
整理:米歇尔
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Uproar, affray, fray, brawl, feud, row, altercation, squabble, quarrel, outbreak, strife, MÊLÉE, general RIOT.[2]. Commotion, disturbance, stir, agitation, breeze, ferment, confusion, huddle, pother, ado, bustle, flurry, noise, fuss, TO-DO.
黛朵录入
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Uproar, ferment, disturbance, turbulence, mutiny, insubordination, excitement,outbreak, fray, bustle, distraction, turmoil, disorder, confusion, noise,bluster, brawl, riot
ANT:Peace, pacification, subsidence, quiet, tranquillity, order, orderliness
录入:鲁道夫
解释:
n. uproar of a multitude: violent agitation with confused sounds: high excitement.—adv. Tumult′ūarily.—n. Tumult′ūariness.—adjs. Tumult′ūary Tumult′ūous full of tumult: disorderly: agitated: noisy.—v.i. Tumult′ūate to make a tumult.—n. Tumultūā′tion.—adv. Tumult′ūously.—ns. Tumult′ūousness; Tumult′us commotion.
整理:劳埃德
例句:
- No; I do not desire to return to the world, with all its tumult, ambitions, and fret. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- That ravenous second hunger of poverty--the hunger for money--roused them into tumult and activity in a moment. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, 'What meaneth the noise of this tumult? 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- In his field as inventor and man of science he stands as clear-cut and secure as the lighthouse on a rock, and as indifferent to the tumult around. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- They will have heard all the tumult, Fieldhead and the cottage are so near; and Hortense is timid in such matters--so, no doubt, is Mrs. Pryor. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Plague, earthquake, and famine, And tumult and war, The wonderful coming Of Jesus declare! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- It has never, accordingly, been the occasion of any tumult or civil commotion in any country in which it has once been established. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The tumult of Elizabeth's mind was allayed by this conversation. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- Something within me, faintly answering to the storm without, tossed up the depths of my memory and made a tumult in them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- It was indeed the hour to put away work, but why that sudden hush--that instant quell of the tumult? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- The tumult of cessation from lessons was already breaking forth, but it sank at her voice. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Without hesitating longer, I hurried from the chamber in the direction of the greatest tumult. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- In so extensive a country as Scotland, however, a tumult in a remote parish was not so likely to give disturbance to government as in a smaller state. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- You know I've been lying all day with the sick-headache; and there's been such a tumult made ever since you came, I'm half dead. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- They carried him through the wild roar, a hush in the midst of all the tumult; and took him to the cottage where Death was already. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- My soul was in tumults; I traversed the streets with eager rapidity. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
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