• n. 慌張；疾風；颶風；騷動
• vt. 使恐慌；使激動
• vi. 慌張；激動

來自輔音叢fl, 撲騰，拍打，擬聲詞，詞源同flap, flip, flutter. 引申詞義忙亂，窸窣的聲音，小陣雨，小陣雪等。

flurry (n.)

"snow squall" 1828, American English; earlier with a sense of "commotion, state of perturbed action" (1710), "a gust, a squall" (1690s); perhaps imitative, or else from 17c. flurr "to scatter, fly with a whirring noise," which is perhaps from Middle English flouren "to sprinkle, as with flour" (late 14c.).

flurry (v.)

1757, "produce agitation of feeling in, confuse by excitement," from flurry (n.). From 1883 of snow. Related: Flurried; flurries; flurrying.

1. a sudden flurry of activity

突然的頻繁活動

來自《權威詞典》

2. These young fellows are all in a flurry.

他們全都是一些毛毛楞楞的小伙子.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

3. A flurry of wind upset the small boat.

一陣疾風吹翻了小船.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. There was a flurry of activity as the film star appeared on the balcony.

那名影星在陽臺上一露面就引發了一陣騷動.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. She got carried away in a flurry of excitement, but we brought her down to earth by reminding her of the tasks waiting to be down.

她在一陣興奮之中有些想入非非, 但是我們提醒她還有許多事情要做,才使她從幻想回到現實中來.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》