单词 | tumult |
释义 | tu·mult I. 1. a. < tumult in the city > < mob was in tumult over the death of its idol — Anthony Benis > b. < the tumults and disorders of the Great Rebellion — T.S.Eliot > < during a hundred years … no tumult of sufficient importance to be called an insurrection — T.B.Macaulay > 2. a. < the tumult of the elements > < talking loudly enough to make himself heard above the tumult — John Bainbridge > < the bells … made a jangling tumult — H.G.Wells > < the sound of the lava, a tumult of rock in molten pressure under moving earth — Richard Llewellyn > b. < in the palace itself, what a tumult of statuary — Horizon > 3. a. < stood bewildered, her soul in a tumult — Hilaire Belloc > < seek refuge in religion from the tumults of a strong emotional temperament — T.S.Eliot > b. < a tumult of weeping — W.G.Hardy > < a tumult of rejoicing in camp — H.E.Scudder > Synonyms: see commotion II. < a whole people … tumulting even to the fear of a revolt — John Milton > |
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