Commotion

(noun.) the act of making a noisy disturbance.

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• He knew how much he had to do--more than his usual work, owing to the commotion of the day before. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• The surface of the oil remains smooth and undisturbed, while the water is agitated with the utmost commotion. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The answer was cut short by Sarah and her mistress entering the kitchen together in some commotion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It has never, accordingly, been the occasion of any tumult or civil commotion in any country in which it has once been established. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Never had such a commotion agitated the town before. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The bride, who had just reached the top of the steps, turned round gaily to see what was the commotion. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Mr. Rochester turned mechanically to _see_ what the commotion was: but as he _saw_ nothing, he returned and sighed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• That commotion is of her raising, I'll be bound! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• There was a commotion in the yard, and a man came running out of the stables to know if he meant up or down. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Home seemed unnaturally quiet after all this terror and noisy commotion. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• But I must return; the house would be in commotion if I failed to appear. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• When I returned from Knoxville I found quite a commotion. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• His approach caused the evacuation of that city about the time we were at Appomattox, and was the cause of a commotion we heard of there. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Volumnia's pet little scream acquires a considerable augmentation of reality from this surprise, and the house is quickly in commotion. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I passed from the palace of Sweet Waters to the plain on which the encampment lay, and found its inhabitants in commotion. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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