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词汇 hubbub
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Definition of hubbub in English:

hubbub

noun ˈhʌbʌbˈhəbəb
  • 1A chaotic din caused by a crowd of people.

    喧嚷,吵闹声

    a hubbub of laughter and shouting

    吵吵嚷嚷的笑声和叫声。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • By midnight, they'd shut the toilets completely, and, other than a steady hubbub of people talking and laughing and singing, there was little else of note.
    • A metachamber, not ringing with echoes at all, but with the grand hubbub that is the sounds of the little echo chambers (occasionally with a population of one) singing into the void.
    • As journalists protested, the lieutenant said above the hubbub: ‘We are going to open fire on this hotel.’
    • The only discordant note in the amicable hubbub was the sound of customers fighting over the right to settle their minuscule checks.
    • He escorted her into the living room where he found a scantily clad and disheveled young couple, who had ventured down stairs to investigate the hubbub.
    • In fact I did read about a fantastic new device which can listen in on a hubbub (lovely word) of conversation and pick up each individual speaker and transcribe the speech.
    • Inside, the aisles were packed with at least six or seven tour groups of varying nationality making such a hubbub that any contemplation or prayer would have been impossible.
    • The home to peregrine falcons, these riverside cliffs give a feel for what wilderness canoeing must be all about if you can ignore the hubbub from the river banks and the other canoeists and kayakers on the river.
    • The story in Seymour about the old monk dying and trying to overhear a conversation about washing, over the pious hubbub of the surrounding crowd is bathetic in the true sense.
    • What sounds greet your ears - the happy hubbub of engaged learners working on projects together or disruption and shouting?
    • The hubbub and laughter rang round the hall all day, occasionally to the accompaniment of music recalled from past years.
    • As I walked I heard, rising above the normal hubbub of the market, the computer generated sounds of a video arcade - a tiny stall, open to the street, dim and dingy.
    • The announcement hushed the crowd but soon the hubbub returned and the misfortune was forgotten.
    • Guinevere knew that this would be the door she would have to go out; she could even hear the hubbub of the crowd outside.
    • Shortly after 9am, the high-pitched hubbub of excited schoolchildren was replaced by the roar of heavy vehicles, shouting, barked commands and gunshots.
    • You have never listened to your voice because of all the hubbub around you,’ she says.
    • Ves sat down at his usual table down the back of the room, away from the usual hubbub of noise, and dug in to his meal.
    • Recalling the best comedies of the era, the chatter in the early scenes is a hubbub of words, yet the sound is mixed so that Kane's voice rises above the others.
    • The great hubbub of the crowd made it futile to call for him.
    • The hubbub subsided into a low ripple of murmurs.
    Synonyms
    noise, loud noise, din, racket, commotion, clamour, ruckus, cacophony, babel
    informal rumpus
    British informal row
    rare vociferation
    1. 1.1 A busy, noisy situation.
      混乱;骚动
      she fought through the hubbub

      她在一片混乱中奋力前行。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He has no use for the Tokyo hubbub and ventures outside only at his peril; the hotel's low-lit bar and its lounge act are more his speed.
      • I do wonder if there was the same hubbub over the phone as an end in itself with not enough emphasis given to the activities & businesses it enables.
      • Her obstinate search for justice, despite her advancing pregnancy and the opposition of her husband and his family, takes her to the bewildering hubbub of the city.
      • This is what's known in the Pentagon as information operations and the Pentagon still is refusing to say whether that actually violates any Pentagon policy, despite all the hubbub.
      • Friends say he reacted badly to being doorstepped amid the hubbub of arrival because he is always wary of the Scottish media (and has good reason to be).
      • Amidst all the hubbub about politician's perks last week, one chap escaped everyone's notice until it came up in Senate estimates this week.
      • I never really lived in L.A. I don't like all the hubbub.
      • They were built to attract wealthy clientele, seeking to avoid the hubbub of the city centre.
      • Much of what he has been saying has no doubt been lost in the hubbub over the recall process, but he has not really emerged as the powerful spokesman for free enterprise and unlimited opportunity that we expected to hear.
      • Its location, however, offers an easy escape from the hubbub of the downtown area and an ideal resort for enjoying rich cultural heritage and beautiful scenery.
      • ‘I knew the time was there,’ said Coulthard, who had started the day by cycling round the route before the hubbub of the day began.
      • Air traffic control may be the danger area, but on a day like this you also start thinking about human traffic: the hubbub on the floor, the sheer moaning, agitated, sweaty-palmed mass of humanity on the ground.
      • The teams won't want to be in the hubbub of London but they will want to be in the country, acclimatising and preparing.
      • She says: ‘We are really fortunate that we are able to live where we do here in Nairn and not in the heart of a big hubbub that is more similar to the hubbub of work.’
      • AWAY FROM the hubbub of the press call, Murray is relaxed.
      • And the city is unbelievable too - a mad hubbub of noise and action.
      • ‘The aim has been to produce a shopping hubbub,’ said Mr Adams.
      • She says that the media hubbub caused by our anti-prepubescent legislation opened the door to a handful of well-paying corporate gigs.
      • But the Poulton Heritage Group wants to make sure that veterans of those historic days are not forgotten in the hubbub surrounding the festival on September 10, 11 and 12.
      • When they got to the market, she remembered being awed by all the scents and sounds, the hubbub of the nearby villagers and passing tourists.
      Synonyms
      confusion, chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, mayhem, uproar, disorder, turmoil, tumult, fracas, hurly-burly, havoc, brouhaha
      Scottish &amp Northern English stramash
      West Indian bangarang
      informal hullabaloo

Origin

Mid 16th century: perhaps of Irish origin; compare with the Irish exclamations ababú, abú, used in battle cries.

Definition of hubbub in US English:

hubbub

nounˈhəbəbˈhəbəb
  • 1A chaotic din caused by a crowd of people.

    喧嚷,吵闹声

    a hubbub of laughter and shouting

    吵吵嚷嚷的笑声和叫声。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Guinevere knew that this would be the door she would have to go out; she could even hear the hubbub of the crowd outside.
    • Inside, the aisles were packed with at least six or seven tour groups of varying nationality making such a hubbub that any contemplation or prayer would have been impossible.
    • As journalists protested, the lieutenant said above the hubbub: ‘We are going to open fire on this hotel.’
    • Shortly after 9am, the high-pitched hubbub of excited schoolchildren was replaced by the roar of heavy vehicles, shouting, barked commands and gunshots.
    • The great hubbub of the crowd made it futile to call for him.
    • The story in Seymour about the old monk dying and trying to overhear a conversation about washing, over the pious hubbub of the surrounding crowd is bathetic in the true sense.
    • Ves sat down at his usual table down the back of the room, away from the usual hubbub of noise, and dug in to his meal.
    • The home to peregrine falcons, these riverside cliffs give a feel for what wilderness canoeing must be all about if you can ignore the hubbub from the river banks and the other canoeists and kayakers on the river.
    • The announcement hushed the crowd but soon the hubbub returned and the misfortune was forgotten.
    • The hubbub and laughter rang round the hall all day, occasionally to the accompaniment of music recalled from past years.
    • A metachamber, not ringing with echoes at all, but with the grand hubbub that is the sounds of the little echo chambers (occasionally with a population of one) singing into the void.
    • The hubbub subsided into a low ripple of murmurs.
    • What sounds greet your ears - the happy hubbub of engaged learners working on projects together or disruption and shouting?
    • As I walked I heard, rising above the normal hubbub of the market, the computer generated sounds of a video arcade - a tiny stall, open to the street, dim and dingy.
    • Recalling the best comedies of the era, the chatter in the early scenes is a hubbub of words, yet the sound is mixed so that Kane's voice rises above the others.
    • You have never listened to your voice because of all the hubbub around you,’ she says.
    • The only discordant note in the amicable hubbub was the sound of customers fighting over the right to settle their minuscule checks.
    • By midnight, they'd shut the toilets completely, and, other than a steady hubbub of people talking and laughing and singing, there was little else of note.
    • He escorted her into the living room where he found a scantily clad and disheveled young couple, who had ventured down stairs to investigate the hubbub.
    • In fact I did read about a fantastic new device which can listen in on a hubbub (lovely word) of conversation and pick up each individual speaker and transcribe the speech.
    Synonyms
    noise, loud noise, din, racket, commotion, clamour, ruckus, cacophony, babel
    1. 1.1 A busy, noisy situation.
      混乱;骚动
      she fought through the hubbub

      她在一片混乱中奋力前行。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Friends say he reacted badly to being doorstepped amid the hubbub of arrival because he is always wary of the Scottish media (and has good reason to be).
      • She says that the media hubbub caused by our anti-prepubescent legislation opened the door to a handful of well-paying corporate gigs.
      • AWAY FROM the hubbub of the press call, Murray is relaxed.
      • He has no use for the Tokyo hubbub and ventures outside only at his peril; the hotel's low-lit bar and its lounge act are more his speed.
      • This is what's known in the Pentagon as information operations and the Pentagon still is refusing to say whether that actually violates any Pentagon policy, despite all the hubbub.
      • I never really lived in L.A. I don't like all the hubbub.
      • When they got to the market, she remembered being awed by all the scents and sounds, the hubbub of the nearby villagers and passing tourists.
      • ‘I knew the time was there,’ said Coulthard, who had started the day by cycling round the route before the hubbub of the day began.
      • Amidst all the hubbub about politician's perks last week, one chap escaped everyone's notice until it came up in Senate estimates this week.
      • She says: ‘We are really fortunate that we are able to live where we do here in Nairn and not in the heart of a big hubbub that is more similar to the hubbub of work.’
      • Air traffic control may be the danger area, but on a day like this you also start thinking about human traffic: the hubbub on the floor, the sheer moaning, agitated, sweaty-palmed mass of humanity on the ground.
      • Her obstinate search for justice, despite her advancing pregnancy and the opposition of her husband and his family, takes her to the bewildering hubbub of the city.
      • Its location, however, offers an easy escape from the hubbub of the downtown area and an ideal resort for enjoying rich cultural heritage and beautiful scenery.
      • I do wonder if there was the same hubbub over the phone as an end in itself with not enough emphasis given to the activities & businesses it enables.
      • They were built to attract wealthy clientele, seeking to avoid the hubbub of the city centre.
      • The teams won't want to be in the hubbub of London but they will want to be in the country, acclimatising and preparing.
      • But the Poulton Heritage Group wants to make sure that veterans of those historic days are not forgotten in the hubbub surrounding the festival on September 10, 11 and 12.
      • ‘The aim has been to produce a shopping hubbub,’ said Mr Adams.
      • And the city is unbelievable too - a mad hubbub of noise and action.
      • Much of what he has been saying has no doubt been lost in the hubbub over the recall process, but he has not really emerged as the powerful spokesman for free enterprise and unlimited opportunity that we expected to hear.
      Synonyms
      confusion, chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, mayhem, uproar, disorder, turmoil, tumult, fracas, hurly-burly, havoc, brouhaha

Origin

Mid 16th century: perhaps of Irish origin; compare with the Irish exclamations ababú, abú, used in battle cries.

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