| 单词 | katzenjammer |
| 释义 | katzenjammer (once / 113648 pages) 1n 2n A katzenjammer is an unpleasantly loud, confused, and dissonant sound. A katzenjammer next door might keep you awake all night and make you cranky all the next day. The noun katzenjammer, while considered somewhat outdated today, has at times been used colloquially to mean various kinds of unpleasant sensations, from general confusion to depression to noisy uproar to a bad, dull headache. The word means "cat's wail" in German, from katze, "cat," and jammer, "distress" or "wailing." WORD FAMILYkatzenjammer: katzenjammers USAGE EXAMPLESAt top was the Katzenjammer Kids comic strip. Washington Times(Oct 09, 2016) The Katzenjammer kids were fun because they made the adults look stupid. Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings(1969) R. Crumb’s dense underground comics owe as much to “The Katzenjammer Kids” and “Krazy Kat” as they do to 1960s culture. New York Times(Dec 27, 2013) 1 n loud confused noise from many sources 2Syn|Hyper brouhaha, hubbub, uproar noise sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) n disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol) Syn|Hyper hangover discomfort, uncomfortableness the state of being tense and feeling pain |
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