单词 | kerfuffle |
释义 | kerfuffle/kəˈfʌf(ə)l /noun [in singular] British informal A commotion or fuss, especially one caused by conflicting views: there was a kerfuffle over the chairmanship...
OriginEarly 19th century: perhaps from Scots curfuffle (probably from Scottish Gaelic car 'twist, bend' + imitative Scots fuffle 'to disorder'), or related to Irish cior thual 'confusion, disorder'. Rhymes |
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