clamor
英 [ˈklæm·ər]
美 [ˈklæm·ər]
- n. 喧闹,叫嚷;大声的要求
- vi. 喧嚷,发喧嚣声;持续地喊声
- vt. 喧嚷着说出
1. clam- + -or.
2. => "a shout, a loud call" (either friendly or hostile).
clamor 大声的要求来自claim,声称,要求。
- clamor (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French clamor "call, cry, appeal, outcry" (12c., Modern French clameur), from Latin clamor "a shout, a loud call" (either friendly or hostile), from clamare "to cry out" (see claim (v.)).
- clamor (v.)
- late 14c., from clamor (n.). Related: Clamored; clamoring.
- 1. The clamor of traffic has receded to a distant murmur.
- 车辆的喧闹声已渐渐远去,变得模糊起来。
- 2. There was a clamor of voices outside the office.
- 办公室外有人吵吵嚷嚷。
- 3. The clamor of the traffic gave me a headache.
- 交通的噪声使我头疼.
- 4. The clamor did not subside so simply.
- 喧闹没有那么容易地消散.
- 5. Zefter reeled as if she were intoxicated, overwhelmed by the clamor and congestion.
- 泽弗特尔摇摇晃晃地走着,好象喝醉了酒似的.她已经被嘈杂的声音和拥挤的人群闹得晕头转向了.