tumult
tumult 英 [ˈtju:mʌlt] 美 [ˈtumʌlt]
n. 骚动；骚乱；吵闹；激动
名词复数:tumults
- If a principal steps into a classroom and is greeted by a tumult of voices, with the teacher shouting for his kids' attention, she will not be pleased. A tumult is a state of noisy confusion.
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- n. 骚动；骚乱；吵闹；激动
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1. The whole city was in tumult.
全城骚动。
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2. Wuthering' being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather.
“呼啸”是一个意味深长的内地形容词，形容这地方在风暴的天气里所受的气压骚动。
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3. They seemed to be warning shots, as there was no audible indication of tumult or chaos to show that the hostages were in immediate danger.
好像是警告性的射击，因为没有可信的骚动或骚乱的迹象显示人质处于直接的危险之下。
- tumult (n.) late 14c., from Old French tumult (12c.), from Latin tumultus "commotion, bustle, uproar, disorder, disturbance," related to tumere "to be excited, swell" (from PIE root *teue- "to swell").
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