| 单词 | commotion |
| 释义 | commotion (once / 984 pages) n A commotion is a noisy disturbance. If you're trying to quietly concentrate on reading this, you wouldn't want the person next to you to cause a commotion, or it would distract you. Commotion, which comes from the Middle French word commocion, means "violent motion, agitation." It can be a disorderly outburst or disruption, like someone yelling in the street at night, or five people arguing about someone talking on a cellphone while a play is being performed in front of them. Commotion can also describe out-of-control movement, like people pushing and shoving to get to the front row of a concert. WORD FAMILYcommotion: commotions USAGE EXAMPLESThe few party people who hadn’t noticed the commotion now watched. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Police were called to the home by a neighbor who heard the commotion, the report said. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) "There was no more concluding prayers as there was a commotion," Virador said. Reuters(Dec 24, 2016) 1n a disorderly outburst or tumult Syn|Hypo|Hyper disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do convulsion, turmoil, upheaval a violent disturbance earthquakea disturbance that is extremely disruptive incidenta public disturbance splash, stira prominent or sensational but short-lived news event storm, tempesta violent commotion or disturbance storm center, storm centrea center of trouble or disturbance garboil, tumult, tumultuousness, uproara state of commotion and noise and confusion combustiona state of violent disturbance and excitement disorder a disturbance of the peace or of public order 2n the act of making a noisy disturbance Syn|Hypo|Hyper din, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, tumult ado, bustle, flurry, fuss, hustle, stir a rapid active commotion disturbance the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion 3n confused movement a commotion of people fought for the exits Syn|Hyper whirl motion, movement a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something |
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