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单词 kerfuffle
释义
kerfuffle
noun[S]
UKinformal
uk
/kəˈfʌf.əl/us
/kɚˈfʌf.əl/
noise,excitement, andargument:
吵闹；混乱，骚动
Herglasseswerebrokenin the kerfuffle.混乱之中她的眼镜打碎了。
Synonyms
ballyhooold-fashionedslang
commotion
disturbance
hoo-hainformal
hoopla(EXCITEMENT)mainlyUS
to-doinformal
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Noise & noisy
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  • boisterously
  • booming
  • cacophonous
  • clash
  • deafening
  • explosive
  • hullabaloo
  • resonant
  • rumbustious
  • rumbustiously
  • rumbustiousness
  • salvo
  • stridency
  • stridently
  • thunderous
  • tumult
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Arguments & disagreements
(Definition ofkerfufflefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofkerfuffle

kerfuffle
They seem to have forgotten that in all thekerfuffletoday, but it is another thing that they must be very proud of.
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Hansard archive
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Allow me also to say one thing about the issue that has created somekerfuffle, namely voting rights.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Akerfufflewas made about the reasoned amendment.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
All thekerfuffle, the shouting and the fuss from them amounts to one thing—they are trying to cover up their record.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We had an awful constitutionalkerfuffleto decide whether we would be in order in asking for 10,000 sq.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We have all this greatkerfuffleover one year—reducing the age from 21 to 20.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There was a tremendouskerfuffle.
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He is absolutely kerfuffled with figures here.
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She realizes she has neglected the child during this briefkerfuffle, and dashes back to her berth to check on him.
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Troy returns to a scene of chaos with the troll doll, having been knocked from the table during thekerfuffle, staring directly at him from amidst the flames.
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