tumult
英 ['tjuːmʌlt]
美 ['tumʌlt]
助记提示
1. tumor => tum- "to be excited, swell" => tumult.
中文词源
tumult 骚乱，混乱来自拉丁语 tumultus,混乱，骚乱，来自 tumere,肿胀，肿大，词源同 tumid,tumescence.
英文词源
- tumult (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French tumult (12c.), from Latin tumultus "commotion, bustle, uproar, disorder, disturbance," related to tumere "to be excited, swell" (see tumid).
双语例句
- 1. He could hear a great tumult in the street.
- 他可以听到街上巨大的喧闹声.
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- 2. The tumult in the streets awakened everyone in the house.
- 街上的喧哗吵醒了屋子里的每一个人.
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- 3. The quarrel left her in a tumult.
- 她吵架后心烦意乱.
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- 4. The tumult has subsided.
- 一场风波平息了.
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- 5. The whole city was in tumult.
- 全城骚动.
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