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hullabaloo

美音:[´hʌləbə´lu: ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[´hʌləbə´lu: ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
n.喧嚣,喧哗,吵闹(声),(混乱,骚动)声

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hullabaloo


/,hʌləbə'lu:; `hʌləbə,lu/
n (pl ~s) (usu sing 通常作单数) continuous loud noise, esp of people shouting; uproar; din (尤指人的)持续的吵闹声, 喧闹, 嘈杂
*make a hullabaloo (about sth) (为某事物)大吵大闹.

hullabaloo


n [singular]informal
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: Perhaps from hello + Scottish English balloo a word used to make children keep quiet]
excited talk, newspaper stories etc, especially when something surprising or shocking is happening
= fuss
 There was a huge hullabaloo when the book was first published.
a lot of noise, especially made by people shouting
= commotion
 She looked up to see what all the hullabaloo was about.