单词	rigmarole
释义	rigmarolerig‧ma‧role /ˈrɪɡmərəʊl $ -roʊl/ (also rigamarole American English) noun [singular, uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINrigmarole Origin: 1700-1800 ragman roll ‘document containing a long list, used in a game called "ragman"’ (15-18 centuries) Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES We had to take a day off work to go through the rigmarole of getting state ID cards. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS After all this rigmarole, they were to write a story to fit the words and pictures they had chosen. Going through that rigmarole wouldn't protect what we have at all. It was a rigmarole, a muddled torrent of words, not easy to follow and yet startling. No, she'd only have to go through the same rigmarole to get out. None of this rigmarole had occurred to him before he spoke. Or do you go through a rigmarole of inserting diaphragms or taking pills? The entire rigmarole, I realised, was just a charade. The nightly rigmarole of getting her settled is finally over. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► go through the rigmarole of  I don’t want to go through the rigmarole of taking him to court. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► go · No, she'd only have to go through the same rigmarole to get out.· Or do you go through a rigmarole of inserting diaphragms or taking pills? a long confusing process or description:  I don’t want to go through the rigmarole of taking him to court.
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