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单词 tumult
释义 tu·mult
I. \ˈt(y)üˌməlt sometimes -ü_məlt or ˈtə_m-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English tumulte, from Middle French, from Latin tumultus; akin to Sanskrit tumula noisy, Latin tumēre to swell — more at thumb
1.
 a. : disorderly and violent movement, agitation or milling about, of a crowd accompanied usually with great uproar and confusion of voices : commotion, turmoil
  < tumult in the city >
  < mob was in tumult over the death of its idol — Anthony Benis >
 b. : a noisy and turbulent popular uprising : disturbance, riot
  < 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. : a confusion of loud noise and usually turbulent or agitated movement : hubbub, din
  < 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. : a random or disorderly medley or profusion (as of objects or colors) : jumble, riot 4
  < in the palace itself, what a tumult of statuary — Horizon >
3.
 a. : violent agitation of mind or feelings : highly disturbing mental or emotional excitement or stress : ferment, turbulence
  < 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 violent outburst of unrestrained emotion : paroxysm
  < a tumult of weeping — W.G.Hardy >
  < a tumult of rejoicing in camp — H.E.Scudder >
Synonyms: see commotion
II. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to make a tumult : riot
 < a whole people … tumulting even to the fear of a revolt — John Milton >
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