brouhaha
brouhaha 英 [ˈbru:hɑ:hɑ:] 美 [ˈbruhɑˌhɑ]
n. （法）吵闹；骚动
名词复数:brouhahas
- Brouhaha is something that people think is really important that’s actually not important at all, like the brouhaha over some new celebrity gossip. Brouhaha seems like a big deal, but it’s a bunch of baloney.
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- n. （法）吵闹；骚动
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1. The recent Microsoft brouhaha over paid editing is the tip of the iceberg.
最近关于微软有偿编辑的骚动就是冰山一角。
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2. Very low level that did not exceed the drinking water standard but they had such a brouhaha that they almost shut this lab down because of the public outcry demanding that it be shut down.
非常低水平的，没有超过饮用水的标准,但是他们有一个骚动,导致他们几乎要关闭这个实验室，由于,公众抗议要求它关闭掉。
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3. There is also a huge brouhaha about fraud in health projects in India, where investigations that ended in 2008 revealed “unacceptable indicators of fraud and corruption”, according to Mr Zoellick.
据佐利克先生表示，印度医疗项目的欺诈案亦引发了巨大的骚动，于2008年结束的调查揭露了“其腐败和欺诈程度令人无法容忍。”
- brouhaha (n.) 1890, from French brouhaha (15c.), said by Gamillscheg to have been, in medieval theater, "the cry of the devil disguised as clergy." If it has an etymology, it is perhaps from Hebrew barukh habba' "blessed be the one who comes," used on public occasions (as in Psalm cxviii).
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