hurly-burly

英 [ˈhɜː.liˌbɜː.li]      美 [ˈhɝː.liˌbɝː.li]
  • n. 喧嚣;骚乱
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将“hurly-burly”分解为两个容易记住的部分:“hurl”意味着猛烈地抛或扔,“burly”表示健壮或魁梧。想象一个场景,有人在混乱中(burly)猛力(hurl)抛掷东西,这样的画面可以帮你记住这个词的意思,即混乱、嘈杂的场景。

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hurly-burly 骚动,喧闹

来自hurl,猛扔,猛投,引申词义骚乱,喧闹。burly为hurly同韵构词。

hurly-burly
also hurlyburly, 1530s, apparently an alteration of phrase hurling and burling, reduplication of 14c. hurling "commotion, tumult," verbal noun of hurl (q.v.). Hurling time was the name applied by chroniclers to the period of tumult and commotion around Wat Tyler's rebellion.