| 单词 | hell-raising |
| 释义 | > as lemmashell-raising hell-raising adj. and n. colloquial (a) adj. that causes trouble or chaos, esp. by wild or outrageous behaviour; (b) n. the action of causing trouble or chaos. ΚΠ 1875 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 30 June The Opposition..is undoubtedly one of the general hell-raising newspapers. 1885 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 14 Sept. There is little money to spend even for necessities, much less for the customary hell-raising of new mining settlements. 1966 P. G. Wodehouse Plum Pie ix. 215 She's the hell-raising type, always apt to be starting something. 2007 Washington Post 13 Sept. c4 Billy Joe Shaver is a notoriously feisty honky-tonk hero..with his songs about hell-raising and hard living. < as lemmas |
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