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
- : 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.
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