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hue and cry

大吵大闹,吵吵嚷嚷,吵吵闹闹,吵吵嚷嚷的

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Early English Law. the pursuit of a felon or an offender with loud outcries or clamor to give an alarm.
    • : any public clamor, protest, or alarm: a general hue and cry against the war.

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  • As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.

  • As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

  • “He turned pale, trembled to a great degree, was much agitated, and began to cry,” she told the court.

  • Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.

  • The girls send a cry for help…the situation of these girls is distressing.

  • Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?

  • At Felipe's cry, the women waiting in the hall hurried in, wailing aloud as their first glance showed them all was over.

  • I could have sworn I heard a cry, and one of my men spoke in a tone that assured me my imagination had not been playing a trick.

  • A sob rose in her throat, and broke from her lips transformed into a trembling, sharp, glad cry.

  • She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.