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

P2. alarms and excursions (also more commonly alarums and excursions) and variants: commotion, noise, uproar; confused or undirected activity; hue and cry.In early use chiefly with reference to theatrical representations of battle. Later frequently humorous, suggesting frenetic activity which is not caused by something actually alarming, but also used in more serious contexts, such as military skirmishes or sabre-rattling (esp. in North American use). [With allusion to the use of alarum (also occasionally alarm ) and excursion n. (compare sense 3 at that entry) in stage directions in battle scenes in a number of Shakespeare's plays, where the two words are often collocated together (although the expression alarums and excursions is not itself attested).]

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society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > confused

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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > suddenness > [noun] > sudden event

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1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. iv. (stage direct.) Alarme excursions. Enter the King, the Prince, Lord Iohn of Lancaster, Earle of Westmorland.]

1793 European Mag. & London Rev. Feb. 117/2 The four following days were spent in alarms and excursions without much business of service.

1874 Chambers's Jrnl. 9 May 293/2 There were ‘alarms and excursions’ from the kitchen, which gave her some apprehensions.

1956 P. White Let. 11 Sept. (1994) iv. 108 There are lots of subsidiary characters, minor alarms and excursions,..picnics, balls and weddings.

1980 D. Williams Murder for Treasure xvi. 156 The alarms and excursions that could attend the last stages of a take-over.

1986 R. Bothwell Short Hist. Ontario ii. 44 For the next few years there were alarms and excursions up and down the border.

2005 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 26 Oct. 10 All this was done without any alarms and excursions concerning UXBs.

β. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. vii. (stage direct.) Alarum, excursions, Enter Catesby. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. ii. stage direct. Allarums, Excursions: Enter Bastard with Austria's head.] 1891 J. S. Farmer Slang II. 206/2 Crash, the machine used to suggest the roar of thunder; a noise of desperate (and unseen) conflict; an effect of ‘alarums, excursions’ generally.1895 K. Grahame Golden Age 29 (title of chapter) Alarums and excursions.1907 W. Raleigh Shakespeare iv. 102 The whole First Act of Coriolanus is..full of alarums and excursions and hand-to-hand fighting.1922 J. M. Barrie Courage 9 I want you to hold..That to gain courage is what you come to St. Andrews for. With some alarums and excursions into college life.1950 Life 30 June 21 The U.S. could guess that the Communist alarums and excursions would go on at least while the U.S. was involved in a presidential campaign.1986 A. Greeley God Game (1987) iv. 57 I couldn't tell when these alarums and excursions were serious and when they were not.2010 Guardian (Nexis) 2 Oct. (Review Pages) 18 Some alarums and excursions involving understudies, and understudies of understudies.

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释义	> as lemmas alarums and excursions P2. alarms and excursions (also more commonly alarums and excursions) and variants: commotion, noise, uproar; confused or undirected activity; hue and cry.In early use chiefly with reference to theatrical representations of battle. Later frequently humorous, suggesting frenetic activity which is not caused by something actually alarming, but also used in more serious contexts, such as military skirmishes or sabre-rattling (esp. in North American use). [With allusion to the use of alarum (also occasionally alarm ) and excursion n. (compare sense 3 at that entry) in stage directions in battle scenes in a number of Shakespeare's plays, where the two words are often collocated together (although the expression alarums and excursions is not itself attested).] ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > confused alarums and excursions1891 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > suddenness > [noun] > sudden event clapc1330 chop1553 alarums and excursions1922 α. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. iv. (stage direct.) Alarme excursions. Enter the King, the Prince, Lord Iohn of Lancaster, Earle of Westmorland.] 1793 European Mag. & London Rev. Feb. 117/2 The four following days were spent in alarms and excursions without much business of service. 1874 Chambers's Jrnl. 9 May 293/2 There were ‘alarms and excursions’ from the kitchen, which gave her some apprehensions. 1956 P. White Let. 11 Sept. (1994) iv. 108 There are lots of subsidiary characters, minor alarms and excursions,..picnics, balls and weddings. 1980 D. Williams Murder for Treasure xvi. 156 The alarms and excursions that could attend the last stages of a take-over. 1986 R. Bothwell Short Hist. Ontario ii. 44 For the next few years there were alarms and excursions up and down the border. 2005 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 26 Oct. 10 All this was done without any alarms and excursions concerning UXBs. β. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. vii. (stage direct.) Alarum, excursions, Enter Catesby. View more context for this quotationa1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. ii. stage direct. Allarums, Excursions: Enter Bastard with Austria's head.] 1891 J. S. Farmer Slang II. 206/2 Crash, the machine used to suggest the roar of thunder; a noise of desperate (and unseen) conflict; an effect of ‘alarums, excursions’ generally.1895 K. Grahame Golden Age 29 (title of chapter) Alarums and excursions.1907 W. Raleigh Shakespeare iv. 102 The whole First Act of Coriolanus is..full of alarums and excursions and hand-to-hand fighting.1922 J. M. Barrie Courage 9 I want you to hold..That to gain courage is what you come to St. Andrews for. With some alarums and excursions into college life.1950 Life 30 June 21 The U.S. could guess that the Communist alarums and excursions would go on at least while the U.S. was involved in a presidential campaign.1986 A. Greeley God Game (1987) iv. 57 I couldn't tell when these alarums and excursions were serious and when they were not.2010 Guardian (Nexis) 2 Oct. (Review Pages) 18 Some alarums and excursions involving understudies, and understudies of understudies. extracted from alarmint.n.adv. < as lemmas
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