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单词 hullabaloo
释义
hullabaloohul‧la‧ba‧loo /ˌhʌləbəˈluː, ˈhʌləbəluː/ noun [singular] informal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINhullabaloo
Origin:
1700-1800 Perhaps from hello + Scottish English balloo a word used to make children keep quiet
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • There's been a huge hullabaloo over Collins' new book.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • How could a child as well cared for as that vanish from her ordinary life without some one raising a hullabaloo?
  • In almost no time at all, blame for the resultant hullabaloo was laid at my feet.
  • In the hullabaloo, he creeps away from the row of houses, silhouetted against the night sky.
  • Once a stag caused a great hullabaloo by breaking from cover and bounding away noisily.
  • Remember all the hullabaloo over the golf ball with the transmitter inside it.
  • We would have come together when his hullabaloo was over.
1excited talk, newspaper stories etc, especially when something surprising or shocking is happening SYN  fuss:  There was a huge hullabaloo when the book was first published.2a lot of noise, especially made by people shouting SYN  commotion:  She looked up to see what all the hullabaloo was about.
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