turmoil
turmoil 英 [ˈtɜ:mɔɪl] 美 [ˈtɜrmɔɪl]
n. 混乱，骚动
名词复数:turmoils
- Mashed potatoes flew in one direction, peas in another. Kids were standing on chairs. The principal was shouting, but no one listened. "Food fight!" the seniors cried. The cafeteria was in a state of turmoil.
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- n. 混乱，骚动
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1. emotional turmoil, mental turmoil, political turmoil
纷乱的情绪；精神上的混乱；政治动乱
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2. His statement threw the court into turmoil.
他的陈述使得法庭陷入一片混乱。
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3. Her mind was in a turmoil. Her mind was in turmoil.
她心乱如麻。
- turmoil (n.) 1520s, of uncertain origin, perhaps an alteration of Middle French tremouille "mill hopper," in reference to the hopper's constant motion to and fro, from Latin trimodia "vessel containing three modii," from modius, a Roman dry measure, related to modus "measure." Attested earlier in English as a verb (1510s), though this now is obsolete.
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