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rumpus

/ruhm-puhs/US // ˈrʌm pəs //UK // (ˈrʌmpəs) //

骚动,骚乱,暴乱,吵闹声

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural rum·pus·es.

    • : a noisy or violent disturbance; commotion; uproar: There was a terrible rumpus going on upstairs.
    • : a heated controversy: a rumpus over the school-bond issue.

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Examples

  • Novelist Stephen Elliot launched his club two years ago through The Rumpus, the online culture magazine that he founded.

  • And despite what he said about his legacy, his wild rumpus will never end.

  • His work has also appeared at The Rumpus, The Millions, and The Washington Independent Review of Books.

  • Both sides behaved themselves almost as grownups, when it would have been easier to descend into a school yard rumpus.

  • He came to the top of the stairs with a lamp in his hand, and wanted to know what the rumpus was about.

  • We knew that all he wanted was to get out on deck, and then there would be the tallest kind of a rumpus.

  • I was prepared to carry her off if she refused, but I was ill prepared for the rumpus that this quiet-looking woman kicked up.

  • I suppose now that papa is having a rumpus with Mr. Thatcher I shall never see him any more.

  • They found out we were seeing each other secretly, and they made a rumpus about it.