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tumultuary

/too-muhl-choo-er-ee, tyoo-/US // tuˈmʌl tʃuˌɛr i, tyu- //

汹涌澎湃,汹涌澎湃的,喧闹的,喧嚣

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : tumultuous; turbulent.
    • : confused; disorderly; haphazard: tumultuary habits of studying.

Examples

  • His tumultuary followers threw up their hats and filled the air with acclamations.

  • But at length, in the hot and tumultuary fight, a spear pierced the cheek of Narvaez, and tore out one of his eyes.

  • They engaged in tempestuous weather; and the tumultuary conflict was continued from the dawn to the extinction of light.

  • But experience having shown that this method of trial was tumultuary and uncertain, they corrected it by the idea of compurgation.

  • The nobles were tumultuary, and ever ready, if their privileges were infringed, to rise in insurrection.