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hurly-burly的意思
hurly-burly
英 ['h:li,b:li]
美
- n. 喧嚣；骚乱
中文词源
hurly-burly 骚动，喧闹
来自hurl,猛扔，猛投，引申词义骚乱，喧闹。burly为hurly同韵构词。
英文词源
- hurly-burly
- also hurlyburly, 1530s, apparently an alteration of phrase hurling and burling, reduplication of 14c. hurling "commotion, tumult," verbal noun of hurl (q.v.). Hurling time was the name applied by chroniclers to the period of tumult and commotion around Wat Tyler's rebellion.