commotion
/kəˈməʊʃən/noun
1- a state of confused and noisy disturbance混乱; 喧闹; 骚动, 骚乱:
she was distracted by a commotion across the street
她因街对面的喧闹而心烦意乱
mass noun they set off firecrackers to make a lot of commotion.他们点燃鞭炮大肆喧闹。
1.1
- mass noun civil insurrection起义; 叛乱:
damage caused by civil commotion.
民众叛乱造成的破坏。
词源
late Middle English: from Latin commotio(n-), from com- 'altogether' + motio (see MOTION).