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commotion

noun
🔊/kəˈməʊʃn/
🔊/kəˈməʊʃn/
[countable, usually singular, uncountable]
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  1. sudden noisy and confused activity or excitement（突然发生的）喧闹，骚乱，骚动
    • I heard a commotion and went to see what was happening.我听到一阵喧闹，便去看看发生了什么事情。🔊🔊
    • The crowd waiting outside was causing a commotion.在外面等待的人群眼看就要发生骚乱。🔊🔊
    • What's all the commotion about?这乱哄哄的一片是怎么回事？
    Extra Examples
    • The dogs set up a terrible commotion as we came near the house.我们走近房子时，几只狗骚动不安起来。
    • The people upstairs were making a great commotion.楼上的人正闹作一团。
    • She waited until the commotion died down.她一直等着，直到骚乱渐渐平息。
    • There was lots of shouting and commotion.有很多喊叫和骚动。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • great
    • huge
    • …
    verb + commotion
    • cause
    • make
    • hear
    • …
    commotion + verb
    • break out
    • erupt
    • die down
    • …
    preposition
    • in a/​the commotion
    • commotion about
    • commotion over
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin commotio(n-), from com- ‘altogether’ + motio, from movere ‘to move’.