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kerfuffle

/ker-fuhf-uhl/US // kərˈfʌf əl //UK // (kəˈfʌfəl) //

争吵,吵闹,吵闹声,争吵声

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Chiefly British Informal. a fuss; commotion.

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Examples

  • The international kerfuffle began organically enough, when photos surfaced online Wednesday night of a masked Cruz and his wife, Heidi Cruz, at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, waiting at a gate to board a flight to Cancun.

  • The kerfuffle began with a £200 bet, followed by several smaller bets in quick succession.

  • The only person this entirely unneccesary kerfuffle harms is Kate Middleton herself.

  • The entire kerfuffle shows the straits that House Republicans are in on immigration reform.

  • Hitchcock decided to abandon his adaptation of Hamlet to avoid any legal kerfuffle.

  • That's the goofiest part about the kerfuffle: It's not a theoretical discussion.