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单词 flurry
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flurryn.

Brit. /ˈflʌri/, U.S. /ˈfləri/
Etymology: ? onomatopoeic, suggested by flaw , hurry etc.; compare also flurr v.
1.
a. A sudden agitation of the air, a gust or squall.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > blast or gust of
ghosteOE
blasta1000
blas?c1225
ragec1405
blorec1440
flaw1513
thud1513
flaga1522
fuddera1522
flake1555
flan1572
whid?1590
flirta1592
gust1594
berry1598
wind-catch1610
snuff1613
stress1625
flash1653
blow1655
fresh1662
scud1694
flurry1698
gush1704
flam1711
waff1727
flawer1737
Roger's Blasta1825
flaff1827
slat1840
scart1861
rodges-blast1879
huffle1889
slap1890
slammer1891
Sir Roger1893
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 128 (margin) Flurries from the Hills carry Men and Oxen down the Precipice.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. i. 6 The Boat was overset by a sudden Flurry from the North.
1831 W. Scott Jrnl. 19 Nov. (1946) 197 Wind..dies away in the morning, and blows in flurries rather contrary.
1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Dec. 1/3 You may watch ‘catspaws’ and ‘flurries’ on their rapid way.
figurative.1820 J. Q. Adams Mem. 2 June (1875) V. 137 His flurries of temper pass off as quickly as they rise.
b. Chiefly U.S. A sharp and sudden shower; a sudden rush (of birds).
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > [noun] > an assemblage of things fluttering
flurry1828
scurry1839
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > a or the fall of rain > shower > sudden
flash1653
scat17..
volley1737
blirt1810
flurry1828
brash1849
skift1947
the world > animals > birds > flight > [noun] > bird that flies > sudden rush of
flush1596
flurry1868
1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1836 W. Irving Astoria III. 91 Occasional flurries of snow.
1868 J. R. Lowell First Snowfall 15 The sudden flurries of snow-birds, Like brown leaves whirling by.
1892 R. L. Stevenson Across Plains vii. 223 Spat upon by flurries of rain.
2.
a. A sudden commotion or excitement; perturbation, nervous agitation, flutter, hurry.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun]
fever1340
motiona1398
quotidian?a1439
rufflea1535
commotion1581
fret1582
hurry1600
puddering1603
tumultuousnessa1617
trepidation1625
feverishness1638
boilingc1660
fermentationc1660
tumult1663
ferment1672
stickle1681
fuss1705
whirl1707
flurry1710
sweat1715
fluster1728
pucker1740
flutter1741
flustration1747
flutteration1753
tremor1753
swithera1768
twitteration1775
state1781
stew1806
scrow1808
tumultuating1815
flurrification1822
tew1825
purr1842
pirr1856
tête montée1859
go1866
faff1874
poultry flutter1876
palaver1878
thirl1879
razzle-dazzle1885
nervism1887
flurry-scurry1888
fikiness1889
foment1889
dither1891
swivet1892
flusterment1895
tither1896
overwroughtness1923
mania1925
stumer1932
tizzy1935
two and eight1938
snit1939
tizz1953
tiswas1960
wahala1966
the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > disorderly
huddle1606
flurrya1774
fudder1866
spuffling1893
1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 82 A man is never more expos'd to temptation than in the flurry of his passions.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 414 If we exert our endeavours, not in a fright and a flurry, but with a calm steady determination, we [etc.].
1836 W. Irving Life & Lett. (1866) III. 94 I cannot tell you how happy I was to..leave behind me the hurry and worry and flurry of the city.
1882 I. Mayo Mrs. Raven's Temptation II. 190 ‘That's sure to be the upshot of flurries and hurries and frights.’
in extended use.1878 R. Browning Poets Croisic cxxxviii Flurry of ruffles, flounce of wig-ties.
b. The death-throes of a dying whale.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > [noun] > death throes > of whale
flurry1823
1823 J. F. Cooper Pilot xvii He's going into his flurry.
1882 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 18 Mar. 7/3 Unless you should be struck by the tail of a frantic cetacean during the ‘flurry’ or slaughter.
c. A sudden burst of activity (in the stock-market).
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > traffic in stocks and shares > (sudden or great) activity
high change1656
movement1847
flurry1876
boomlet1880
1876 Fur, Fin & Feather Sept. 129 The prospect of a flurry in stocks..is sure to strip the island of visitors.
1907 E. S. Field Six-cylinder Courtship 80 A column..sandwiched in between The Latest Armenian Atrocities and the Unprecedented Flurry in Chewing Gum.
1971 Daily Tel. 25 Aug. 14 A flurry of speculative activity saw BSA 3 up at 26p.

Compounds

flurry-scurry n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun]
fever1340
motiona1398
quotidian?a1439
rufflea1535
commotion1581
fret1582
hurry1600
puddering1603
tumultuousnessa1617
trepidation1625
feverishness1638
boilingc1660
fermentationc1660
tumult1663
ferment1672
stickle1681
fuss1705
whirl1707
flurry1710
sweat1715
fluster1728
pucker1740
flutter1741
flustration1747
flutteration1753
tremor1753
swithera1768
twitteration1775
state1781
stew1806
scrow1808
tumultuating1815
flurrification1822
tew1825
purr1842
pirr1856
tête montée1859
go1866
faff1874
poultry flutter1876
palaver1878
thirl1879
razzle-dazzle1885
nervism1887
flurry-scurry1888
fikiness1889
foment1889
dither1891
swivet1892
flusterment1895
tither1896
overwroughtness1923
mania1925
stumer1932
tizzy1935
two and eight1938
snit1939
tizz1953
tiswas1960
wahala1966
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 May 1/2 So utterly and hopelessly incomprehensible does your recent flurry-scurry appear to the enlightened foreigner.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flurryv.

Brit. /ˈflʌri/, U.S. /ˈfləri/
Etymology: < flurry n.
1. transitive. To bewilder or confuse as by haste or noise; to agitate, ‘put out’.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > confuse, bewilder [verb (transitive)]
bewhapec1320
mara1350
blunder?a1400
mada1425
to turn a person's brainc1440
astonish1530
maskc1540
dare1547
bemud1599
bedazea1605
dizzy1604
bemist1609
muddify1647
lose1649
bafflea1657
bewildera1680
bother?1718
bemuse1734
muddlea1748
flurrya1757
muzz1786
muzzle1796
flusker1841
haze1858
bemuddle1862
jitter1932
giggle-
a1757 E. Moore Envy & Fort. 71 ‘Well may you wonder To see me thus flurry'd.’
1771 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1988) I. This flurried me violently, insomuch, that my memory failed me.
1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley i. 11 How you flurry yourself for nothing.
1886 G. R. Sims Ring o' Bells xvi. 283 He..flurried the other performers, and seemed only in a hurry to..quit the stage.
2. intransitive. To flutter down in sudden or gusty showers. Also transferred and figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move in the air [verb (intransitive)] > flutter
flickerc1000
flackerc1400
flitter1483
quitter1513
flack1567
fleck1567
flusker1660
flaffer17..
flit1700
skimmer1824
flutter1853
volitate1866
flurry1883
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > snow or fall (of snow) [verb (intransitive)] > fall in specific manner
flake1513
spit1860
flurry1883
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > drop or fall vertically > like flakes of snow
snowa1400
flakea1851
flurry1883
the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > hasten or hurry
hiec1250
skelta1400
hasty?a1425
hasten1534
festinate1652
to look sharp1680
to make play1799
hurry-scurry1809
to tumble up1826
crowd1838
rush1859
hurry1871
to get a move on1888
hurry and scurry1889
to buck up1890
to get a hump on1892
to get a wiggle on1896
to shake a leg1904
to smack it about1914
flurry1917
to step on it (her)1923
to make it snappy1926
jildi1930
to get an iggri on1946
ert-
1883 H. H. Kane in Harper's Mag. Nov. 947/2 The music seemed..to flurry, like snow-flakes, from the ceiling.
1884 E. P. Roe Nature's Serial Story vii The petals of the cherry were flurrying down like snow in every passing breeze.
1917 W. Owen Let. 13 Dec. (1967) 515 I was flurrying round like any Mrs. Smith de Smith when ‘Company’ is expected.
1920 D. Lindsay Voy. Arcturus xii. 145 The freezing wind, flurrying across the desert, drove the fine particles of sand painfully against their faces.

Derivatives

ˈflurried adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > [adjective]
bemazed?c1225
madc1300
maskedc1300
marreda1375
astoniedc1386
adasedc1450
astonished1513
moping1566
bewandered1574
dizzy1579
westy1598
night-wildered1652
disconcerted1686
muzzy1723
flustered1743
bewildered1760
flurried1775
muddled1790
thought-bewildered1796
bedazzled1805
muggy1824
mused1842
moony1847
beflustered1864
bemused1880
snarled1881
bedazed1882
bemuddled1883
disoriented1957
disorientated1959
wifty1973
the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [adjective] > nervously excited or agitated
high-wrought1579
feverous1587
tremulous1611
feverish1637
overwound1640
gestient1644
overwrought1648
twittering1648
fevereda1657
tumultuous1667
wrought-up1688
flustered1743
trepidatinga1774
flurried1775
wrought1778
riled1825
tête montée1825
worked up1831
tumultuating1854
trepidant1891
tremorous1897
wroughted1905
goosy1906
hotted-up1923
steamed1923
spooky1926
antsy-pantsy1944
antsy1950
agitato1964
amped1967
wired1970
1775 F. Burney Let. May in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 133 But she was flurried flurried.
1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family III. 235 To calm her flurried spirits.
1844 A. R. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury II. iii. 42 Titus immediately returned the salute with flurried courtesy.
ˈflurriedly adv. in a flurried manner.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [adverb]
feverishly1678
tremulously1736
nervously1816
flutteringly1819
flurriedly1834
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > [adverb] > in a confused manner
perturbedly1654
disconcertedly1823
hazily1830
muddlingly1830
flurriedly1834
bewilderedly1846
bemusedly1896
muzzily1903
1834 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 35 137 Running flurriedly out.
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 208 What are you saying? he asked flurriedly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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