Hullaballooing
“Hullaballooing” 指制造或陷入 hullabaloo(喧闹、骚动、大惊小怪),形容人群起哄、媒体炒作或庆祝时的嘈杂场面。因原形 hullabaloo 本身已较少见,-ing 形式更偏生动描写。
- “Fans were hullaballooing in the streets after the victory.” (胜利后球迷在街上喧闹庆祝。)
- “The tabloids spent a week hullaballooing over a minor celebrity scandal.” (小报一周都在炒作一桩明星小丑闻。)
- “Stop hullaballooing and tell me what actually happened.” (别起哄了,告诉我到底发生了什么。)
“Hullabaloo” 为 18 世纪英语叠词,可能混有苏格兰语 hulloo(叫喊)与法语 hue(愤怒呐喊),整体为拟声叠韵,强调混乱嘈杂。
名词 hullabaloo + “-ing” 动词化,表示正在制造喧哗;类似结构少见,属修辞性用法。
多见于英式幽默、儿童文学或讽刺写作,带戏谑色彩;现代新闻更常用 fuss、uproar,但 hullaballooing 能传达夸张与滑稽感。
- 固定搭配: “hullaballooing over” (为……大吵大闹), “cause a hullabaloo” (掀起骚动)
- 原形: hullabaloo(名词为主,动词用法少见)
- 近义名词: uproar, commotion
“hulla + balloo” 像胡啦吧啦一大串噪音——hullaballooing 就是正在闹腾。
“The neighbors were hullaballooing about the parade while inside the library everyone wished the hullaballooing would end.” (邻居为游行喧闹不已,图书馆里的人却希望这场吵闹赶紧结束。)