hullabaloo
hullabaloo 英 [ˌhʌləbəˈlu:] 美 [ˈhʌləbəˌlu]
n. 喧嚣；吵闹声；吵吵喊喊的争论（等于hullaballoo）
名词复数:hullabaloos
- Hullabaloo is a lovely term for a fuss or commotion, usually over something of little or no importance, like a celebrity's new hair style.
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- n. 喧嚣；吵闹声；吵吵喊喊的争论（等于hullaballoo）
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1. After much hullabaloo, the 112th Congress kicked off its second day as promised: by reading the Constitution aloud on the House floor for the first time ever, per a chamber historian.
一阵吵闹之后，第112届国会如约进入第二天：节目是在国会大厅里高声诵读《宪法》，照一位私人历史学家的说法，这是有史以来首次。
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2. Recall the hullabaloo 30 years ago that accompanied another joint venture involving Toyota (TM).
回想一下30年前丰田介入的另一个合资企业引发的一片喧哗。
- hullabaloo (n.) 1762, hollo-ballo (with many variant spellings) "uproar, racket, noisy commotion," chiefly in northern England and Scottish, perhaps a rhyming reduplication of hollo (see hello). Bartlett ("Dictionary of Americanisms," 1848) has it as hellabaloo "riotous noise; confusion," and says it is provincial in England.
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