| 单词 | to make a fuss about |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a fuss about a. A bustle or commotion out of proportion to the occasion; a needless or excessive display of concern about anything; ostentatious or officious activity. Phrases: †to keep a fuss with = the later to make a fuss about; to make a fuss of or over (†with): to pamper; to treat with an excessive display of affection or attention. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss to-doc1330 adoc1380 great (also much) cry and little woolc1460 feery-fary1535 fray1568 stirc1595 do1598 coil1599 hurl1603 ruffle1609 clutterment1611 buzz1628 bustle1637 paddle1642 racket1644 clutter1652 tracas1656 tracasserie1656 circumference1667 flutter1667 hurly-burly1678 fuss1701 fissle1719 fraise1725 hurry-scurry1753 fix-fax1768 fal-lal1775 widdle1789 touse1792 fuffle1801 going-on1817 hurry and scurry1823 sputter1823 tew1825 Bob's-a-dying1829 fidge1832 tamasha1842 mulling1845 mussing1846 fettling1847 fooster1847 trade1854 scrimmage1855 carry-on1861 fuss-and-feathers1866 on-carry1870 make-a-do1880 miration1883 razzle-dazzle1885 song and dance1885 to get a rustle on1891 tea-party1903 stirabout1905 whoop-de-do1910 chichi1928 production1941 go-go1966 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > instance of viretotec1386 moving?a1439 reela1450 stir1487 songa1500 pirrie1536 hurly-burly1548 make-a-do1575 confusions1599 the hunt is upa1625 ruffle1642 fuss1701 fraction1721 fizza1734 dust1753 noration1773 steeriea1776 splorea1791 rook1808 piece of work1810 curfuffle1813 squall1813 rookerya1820 stushie1824 shindy1829 shine1832 hurroosh1836 fustle1839 upsetting1847 shinty1848 ructions1862 vex1862 houp-la1870 set-out1875 hoodoo1876 tingle-tangle1880 shemozzle1885 take-on1893 dust-up1897 hoo-ha1931 tra-la-la1933 gefuffle1943 tzimmes1945 kerfuffle1946 the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > be infatuatedly fond or love to excess [verb (transitive)] > pet, indulge, or pamper daunt1303 cocker1440 cherisha1450 pomper1483 daut?a1513 to cocker up1530 pamper1530 pimper1537 tiddle1560 cockle1570 dandlea1577 cotchel1578 cockney1582 fondle1582 coax1589 to coax up1592 to flatter up1598 dainty1622 pet1629 cosset1659 caudle1662 faddle1688 pettle1719 coddle1786 sugar-plum1788 twattle1790 to make a fuss of or over (with)1814 mud1814 pamperizea1845 mollycoddle1851 pompey1860 cosher1861 pussy1889 molly1907 1701 G. Farquhar Sir Harry Wildair iii. i. 21 Ah! I hate these Congregation-women. There's such a fuss and such a clutter about their Devotion. c1730 Ld. Lansdowne Wild Boar's Def. in Wks. (1732) I. 140 With your Humanity you keep a Fuss; But are in truth worse brutes than all of us. 1733 J. Swift Epist. to Lady 11 Come to use, and Application: Nor with Senates keep a Fuss. 1783 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) II. 246 I felt so fagged with the preceding day's fuss. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. xi. 295 You have both been making a great fuss about nothing. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park III. xiv. 267 I thought little of his illness at first. I looked upon him as the sort of person to be made a fuss with..in any trifling disorder. View more context for this quotation 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxiii. 71 She got under weigh with very little fuss. 1850 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 175 It is only foolish little men that are fond of mysteries and fusses. 1879 W. H. Dixon Brit. Cyprus vi. 58 They were to ask no leave, and make no fuss. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. ci. 424 There is a good deal of fuss made about trotting-matches. 1928 Daily Mail 13 Aug. 19/2 He asked her if she were not going to let him make a fuss of her before he went. 1931 E. O'Neill Mourning becomes Electra i. iii. 71 His mother was stern with him, while Marie, she made a fuss over him and petted him. a1953 E. O'Neill Long Day's Journey (1956) i. 37 You like to get us worried so we'll make a fuss over you. a1953 E. O'Neill Long Day's Journey (1956) ii. ii. 78 You want to be petted and spoiled and made a fuss over. < as lemmas |
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