turmoil

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɜːmɔɪl/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A state of great disorder or uncertainty. uncountable,usually
    — Oleg Blokhin's side lost the talismanic Andriy Shevchenko to the substitutes' bench because of a knee injury but still showed enough to put England through real turmoil in spells.
  2. Harassing labor; trouble; disturbance. uncountable,usually
    — And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil, / A blessed soul doth in Elysium.
动词 v.
  1. To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion. intransitive,obsolete
    — some notable sophister lies sweating and turmoiling under the inevitable and merciless delimmas of Socrates
  2. To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry. obsolete,transitive
    — It is her fatal misfortune […] to be thus miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction.

词形变化

turmoils plural turmoils present,singular,third-person turmoiling participle,present turmoiled participle,past turmoiled past

词汇关系

近义词
chaos disorder
衍生词
turmoiler

词源

词源 1
Unknown. First appears c. 1526. Perhaps from Old French tremouille (“the hopper of a mill”).
词源 2
Unknown. First appears c. 1526. Perhaps from Old French tremouille (“the hopper of a mill”).
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