kerfuffle
英 [kəˈfʌf.əl]
美 [kɚˈfʌf.əl]
- n. 混乱；动乱
- v. 使混乱；弄乱
中文词源
kerfuffle 混乱，骚乱
ker-,表强调，拟声词，狗叫声，词源同cur,fuffle,混乱，方言词，可能来自拟声词。
英语词源
- kerfuffle (n.)
- "row, disturbance," 1973, said to have been used c. 1930 in Canadian English, ultimately from Scottish curfuffle.
权威例句
- 1. There was a bit of a kerfuffle during the race when a dog impeded the leading runners.
- 比赛中一条狗干扰了领先的选手，引起一阵混乱。
- 2. What's all the kerfuffle about?
- 这乱哄哄的是怎麽回事?
- 3. What's all the kerfuffle?
- 这乱哄哄的是怎么回事?
- 4. KFC's president publicly apologized for the'kerfuffle.
- KFC 总裁对事件公开道歉.