单词 | tra-la-la |
释义 | tra-la-laint.n. A vocal utterance forming a musical phrase (usually ascending) expressive of gaiety or joy; also, a cadence or flourish on a horn or similar instrument. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > [interjection] > joyful utterance tralira1801 tra-la-la1823 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > music on specific instrument > [noun] > wind music > cadence or flourish on horn blas?c1225 forloinc1369 windc1374 strakea1425 strakinga1425 rechasec1425 rechasingc1425 recopec1425 seekc1500 mort1555 recheat1575 gibbet1590 senneta1593 relief1602 horn-call1632 call1677 stroke1688 tantivy1785 tralira1801 tra-la-la1886 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. ix. 228 Lay on the dogs, in the name of the holy Saint Hubert!—Ha! ha! tra-la-la-lira-la! 1835 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Acharnians 1099 (note) If the accent is thrown on the last syllable of this word [τήνελλα], it will approach very closely to modern imitative words of a similar kind: Tirala! Tirala! Tralalla! Tralalla! 1886 J. J. Hissey On Box Seat 40 The cheery tra-la-la of the guard's horn. Draft additions 1993Frequency (in current use): Show frequency band information 2. n. A gay or showy celebration; hence, a commotion, or ‘to-do’. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > instance of viretotec1386 moving?a1439 reela1450 stir1487 songa1500 pirrie1536 hurly-burly1548 make-a-do1575 confusions1599 the hunt is upa1625 ruffle1642 fuss1701 fraction1721 fizza1734 dust1753 noration1773 steeriea1776 splorea1791 rook1808 piece of work1810 curfuffle1813 squall1813 rookerya1820 stushie1824 shindy1829 shine1832 hurroosh1836 fustle1839 upsetting1847 shinty1848 ructions1862 vex1862 houp-la1870 set-out1875 hoodoo1876 tingle-tangle1880 shemozzle1885 take-on1893 dust-up1897 hoo-ha1931 tra-la-la1933 gefuffle1943 tzimmes1945 kerfuffle1946 1933 M. Arlen Man's Mortality iv. 72 Stanley's quiet dinner was a tralala in honour of a recently arrived German dancer. 1959 P. Bull I know Face xii. 216 For these reasons I try to avoid going to first nights and taking part in the attendant tralala. 1976 Listener 16 Sept. 327/1 It takes..a plastic event like the Miss World tra-la to push the number of adults in Britain watching over the 40 per cent mark. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.n.1823 |
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