hubbub: [16] Hubbub is an Irish contribution to English. It comes from Irish Gaelic hooboobbes, which appears to be related to the Old Irish battle-cry abú. This was a derivative of buide ‘victory’ (a relative of which across the Irish Sea formed the basis of the name Boudicca or Boadicea, the Ancient Britons’ version of Victoria). English acquired the word (and the now disused longer form hubbuboo) in the mid 16th century, and originally used it for the ‘warcry of a savage tribe’; the modern sense ‘noisy turmoil’ developed in the 17th century.
1550s, whobub "confused noise," generally believed to be of Irish origin, perhaps from Gaelic ub!, expression of aversion or contempt, or Old Irish battle cry abu, from buide "victory."
双语例句
1. It was difficult to hear what he was saying over the hubbub.
声音太嘈杂，难以听清楚他的讲话。
来自《权威词典》
2. A hubbub was heard in the courtyard.
院子里一片吵闹声.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3. In all the hubbub over the election, one might be excused for missing yesterday's announcement.
在选举造成的一片混乱中，没有听到昨天的公告也是情有可原的。
来自柯林斯例句
4. In the hubbub of city life, it is hard for us to imagine the people and the things of the past, and how indeed these people felt about the world.
天天生活在城市里的我们很难想像过去的人,过去的事, 过去的年代与感觉.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. The hubbub of voices drowned out the host's voice.
