pother
美['pɒðə] 英['pɒðə]
n. 烦恼;喧闹;弥漫的尘土(烟雾等)
v. (使)烦恼;(使)喧闹
英英释义
Noun- an excited state of agitation;
"he was in a dither" "there was a terrible flap about the theft"
Verb- make upset or troubled
- make a fuss; be agitated
例句
- He seems in pother,noboody knows what's on his mind. 不知道他有什么心事,老是心神不定的样子。
- He liked his sister, who was warm and pleasant, but he did not like his pother, who was aloof and arrogant. 他喜欢热情愉快的妹妹,而不喜欢冷漠高傲的哥哥。
- Three hundred pages is far too much pother for a crime other than murder.After all, the reader's trouble and expenditure of energy must be rewarded. 如果小说进行到最后一章,才将罪名加在一个陌生人,或一个无足轻重的角色身上,那等于是作者自认无能,不配和读者斗智。
- drink and pother in the house 在屋里饮酒取闹
- make [raise] a pother 引起骚动
- make a pother 引起骚动