rumpus
英['rʌmpəs]
美['rʌmpəs]
词态变化
复数: rumpuses;
助记提示
1. ruction: Perhaps from eruption or an altered shortening of insurrection.
2. ruction: perhaps from *reu-（拟声词根） <== roar.
3. rumpus, ruckus: perhaps from eruption / rupt- / rump- or *reu-（拟声词根） <== roar.
4. 谐音“乱碰骚”。
英文词源
- rumpus (n.)
- 1764, of unknown origin, "prob. a fanciful formation" [OED], possibly an alteration of robustious "boisterous, noisy" (1540s; see robust). First record of rumpus room "play room for children in a family home" is from 1938.
双语例句
- 1. He had actually left the company a year before the rumpus started.
- 实际上，在争论开始一年前他就已经离开公司了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. They kick up a rumpus and throw things at each other.
- 他们吵了起来并互相朝对方扔东西。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. to cause a rumpus
- 引起骚动
来自《权威词典》
- 4. What's all this rumpus about?
- 什么事情乱哄哄的?
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. The rumpus has made all the optimistic statements about unity and harmony ring a little hollow.
- 这一番吵闹使得所有关于团结和谐的乐观言论听起来都显得有几分空洞。
来自柯林斯例句