Commotion
[kə'məʊʃ(ə)n] or [kə'moʃən]
解釋/意思:
(n.) Disturbed or violent motion; agitation.
(n.) A popular tumult; public disturbance; riot.
(n.) Agitation, perturbation, or disorder, of mind; heat; excitement.
錄入:斯科特
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Agitation, disturbance, perturbation.[2]. Turmoil, turbulence, tumult, disorder, violence, bustle, pother, ado, TO-DO.
安格斯校對
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Agitation, disturbance, tumult, excitement, turmoil, perturbation
ANT:Quiescence, calm, subsidence, pacification, tranquillity, mitigation,appeasement, soothing, allaying, moderating
手打:梅格
例句/造句/用法:
- He knew how much he had to do--more than his usual work, owing to the commotion of the day before. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- The surface of the oil remains smooth and undisturbed, while the water is agitated with the utmost commotion. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- The answer was cut short by Sarah and her mistress entering the kitchen together in some commotion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- It has never, accordingly, been the occasion of any tumult or civil commotion in any country in which it has once been established. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Never had such a commotion agitated the town before. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The bride, who had just reached the top of the steps, turned round gaily to see what was the commotion. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Mr. Rochester turned mechanically to _see_ what the commotion was: but as he _saw_ nothing, he returned and sighed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- That commotion is of her raising, I'll be bound! 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- There was a commotion in the yard, and a man came running out of the stables to know if he meant up or down. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Home seemed unnaturally quiet after all this terror and noisy commotion. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- But I must return; the house would be in commotion if I failed to appear. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- When I returned from Knoxville I found quite a commotion. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- His approach caused the evacuation of that city about the time we were at Appomattox, and was the cause of a commotion we heard of there. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Volumnia's pet little scream acquires a considerable augmentation of reality from this surprise, and the house is quickly in commotion. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I passed from the palace of Sweet Waters to the plain on which the encampment lay, and found its inhabitants in commotion. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
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