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charivari

/shiv-uh-ree, shiv-uh-ree, shuh-riv-uh-ree or, especially British, shahr-uh-vahr-ee/US // ˌʃɪv əˈri, ˈʃɪv əˌri, ʃəˌrɪv əˈri or, especially British, ˌʃɑr əˈvɑr i //UK // (ˌʃɑːrɪˈvɑːrɪ) //

烧伤,烧灼剂,烧酒,烧焦

Definitions

  1. 1

    plural cha·ri·va·ris,cha·ri·va·ried, cha·ri·va·ri·ing.

    • : shivaree.

Examples

  • If there was one there were fifty big locomotives waiting to charivari the McWilliams Special.

  • At times, this produced a din of voices by no means pleasant to the ear; indeed, it was not unworthy of the name of charivari.

  • A charivari, even out here in this uncivilized section of the country, can hardly be dangerous.

  • As a writer of drollery and scandal in the Charivari, would it have been well if he had used his title as a badge?

  • No, never since French operas began, was there such a charivari heard.

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