英语词汇“hue and cry”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

hue and cry

1. A public clamor, as of protest or demand: raised a great hue and cry about political corruption.

a. The pursuit of a felon announced with loud shouts to alert others who were then legally obliged to give chase.

b. The loud outcry formerly used in such a pursuit.

[Middle English hew and cri, partial translation of Anglo-Norman hu e cri : hu, outcry, clamor (from Old French huer, to shout, of imitative origin) + e, and + cri, cry (from Old French crier, to cry; see CRY).]

单词	hue and cry
释义	hue and cry n. 1. A public clamor, as of protest or demand: raised a great hue and cry about political corruption. 2. a. The pursuit of a felon announced with loud shouts to alert others who were then legally obliged to give chase. b. The loud outcry formerly used in such a pursuit. [Middle English hew and cri, partial translation of Anglo-Norman hu e cri : hu, outcry, clamor (from Old French huer, to shout, of imitative origin) + e, and + cri, cry (from Old French crier, to cry; see CRY).]
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