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rumpus

英 ['rʌmpəs] 美 ['rʌmpəs]

解释

n. 喧闹；骚乱

※ 提供单词"rumpus"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

英文词源

rumpus (n.): 1764, of unknown origin, "prob. a fanciful formation" [OED], possibly an alteration of robustious "boisterous, noisy" (1540s; see robust). First record of rumpus room "play room for children in a family home" is from 1938.

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例句和用法

1. He had actually left the company a year before the rumpus started.: 实际上，在争论开始一年前他就已经离开公司了。

2. They kick up a rumpus and throw things at each other.: 他们吵了起来并互相朝对方扔东西。

3. to cause a rumpus: 引起骚动

4. What's all this rumpus about?: 什么事情乱哄哄的?

5. The rumpus has made all the optimistic statements about unity and harmony ring a little hollow.: 这一番吵闹使得所有关于团结和谐的乐观言论听起来都显得有几分空洞。