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A ruckus is a noisy argument or a confused, loud mess of a situation — people shouting, a fuss breaking out, a room going sideways. It is informal.
A ruckus is所謂ruckus,就是 a noisy argument一場吵鬧的爭執 or a confused, loud mess of a situation或是一團混亂吵鬧的場面 people shouting, a fuss breaking out, a room going sideways大家在大吼、突然鬧起來、整個場面失控 It is它是 informal口語用法
You raise a ruckus, cause a ruckus, or there is a ruckus in the street. American English uses it a lot; British speakers understand it, but they also have their own cousins like row and .
You你可以說 raise a ruckus引起騷動 cause a ruckus造成騷動 or there is a ruckus in the street或是街上有一陣騷動 American English uses it a lot美式英文很常用這個字 British speakers understand it英式英文的人聽得懂 but they also have their own cousins like row and ructions但他們也有自己常用的類似字,像row和ructions
It is not, by itself, a street fight or a riot, though a fight can start as a ruckus. It is more “what a noise and what a bother”.
It is not, by itself它本身並不是指 a street fight or a riot街頭鬥毆或暴動 though a fight can start as a ruckus不過一場打鬥確實可能是從ruckus開始的 It is more它比較接近 "what a noise and what a bother"「怎麼這麼吵、真是麻煩」的感覺
You would not put it in a formal letter. Teachers and parents say it when they mean stop making such a noise about this. One ruckus, two ruckuses — the singular is the form you will hear.
You would not put it in a formal letter你不會把這個字用在正式書信裡 Teachers and parents say it老師和爸媽會這樣說 when they mean stop making such a noise about this意思是要你別再為這件事吵吵鬧鬧 One ruckus, two ruckuses單數one ruckus,複數two ruckuses the singular is the form you will hear但你比較常聽到的是單數形式
組成Recorded since 1890. It is probably a blend of ruction (a disturbance) and rumpus (a noisy fuss), perhaps with a little help from raucous (rowdy, hoarse). That “probably” is honest: scholars are not certain.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
ruckusnoun/ˈɹʌkəs/
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A raucous disturbance and/or commotion.
- “Hey, hey, hey, what's the ruckus? I'm trying to conduct important business back there.” “We finished with the tile. And now we're trying to move the pool table back.” “All right, all right, all right. Have you done the urinal? Because the urinal, you flush it, and it sprays all over the place.”
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A row, fight.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。