kerfuffle
英 [kə'fʌf(ə)l]
美[kɚ'fʌfl]
- 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。
英文词源
- kerfuffle (n.)
- "row, disturbance," 1973, said to have been used c. 1930 in Canadian English, ultimately from Scottish curfuffle.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. What's all the kerfuffle about?
- 这乱哄哄的是怎麽回事?
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- 3. What's all the kerfuffle?
- 这乱哄哄的是怎么回事?
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- 4. KFC's president publicly apologized for the'kerfuffle.
- KFC 总裁对事件公开道歉.
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