单词详解 | hubbub

hubbub
音标
英音/ ˈhʌbʌb / 美音/ ˈhʌbʌb /

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
The hubbub of throngs of office employees, who would fill its corridors during breaks or after work, has been replaced by an eerie quiet.
休息时或下班后走廊里挤满了办公室员工的喧闹,现在已经被令人毛骨悚然的安静所取代。
Reuters

“There was a big hubbub and my father got called to the school,” Mr. Pritchard recalled.
“当时一片喧闹,我父亲被叫到学校,”普里查德先生回忆道。
New York Times

Virginia Democrat Terry McAuliffe went so far as to say the hubbub over CRT was a “right-wing conspiracy.”
弗吉尼亚州民主党人特里·麦考利夫甚至称 CRT 的喧嚣是“右翼阴谋”。
Fox News

基本释意
noun
loud confused noise from many sources
喧哗;骚动

同义词
brouhaha,katzenjammer,uproar

短释义
No one would say, “What’s the hubbub?” at the library, unless it was the loudest, most bonkers day ever in a place that is usually quiet. A hubbub is chaotic, disorganized, loud, and distracting. Sometimes, hubbub can mean a controversy, as in “What’s the hubbub over this new law?” If you like peace and quiet, stay away from hubbubs — a word that sounds as loud and unruly as its meaning.
Hubbub 是一个有趣、押韵的词,用来形容骚乱、骚乱或其他完全混乱的疯狂情况。

长释义
No one would say, “What’s the hubbub?” at the library, unless it was the loudest, most bonkers day ever in a place that is usually quiet. A hubbub is chaotic, disorganized, loud, and distracting. Sometimes, hubbub can mean a controversy, as in “What’s the hubbub over this new law?” If you like peace and quiet, stay away from hubbubs — a word that sounds as loud and unruly as its meaning.
没有人会说:“有什么喧闹吗?”在图书馆,除非是在这个通常很安静的地方有史以来最吵闹、最疯狂的一天。喧闹是混乱的、无组织的、大声的、分散注意力的。有时,hubbub 可能意味着争议,例如“这项新法律的喧嚣是什么?”如果你喜欢和平与安静,就远离喧嚣——这个词听起来和它的含义一样响亮、不守规矩。

文学例句
He looked like those paintings of baby angels— what do you call them, hubbubs?
他看起来就像那些画中的小天使——你怎么称呼它们呢,喧嚣?
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

All the hubbub over a lighting source may remind some diners of the exposed-filament Edison bulb, which a decade ago became a restaurant-décor cliché.
光源上的喧闹可能会让一些食客想起裸露灯丝的爱迪生灯泡,十年前这种灯泡已成为餐厅装饰的陈词滥调。
Have You Seen This Lamp? by Priya Krishna

That there was a third astronaut hovering above in the command module far above the hubbub.
还有第三名宇航员在远离喧嚣的指令舱中盘旋。
Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia

词源
hubbub (n.)1550s, whobub “confused noise,” of uncertain origin; according to OED generally believed to be of Irish origin, perhaps from Gaelic ub!, expression of aversion or contempt, or Old Irish battle cry abu, from buide “victory.”Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
hubbub (n.)1550年代,whobub“混乱的噪音”,来源不明;根据《牛津英语词典》,一般认为它起源于爱尔兰,可能源自盖尔语 ub!,表示厌恶或蔑视,或古爱尔兰语战吼 abu,源自 buide“胜利”。相关条目及更多


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