英:['pɒðə]
美:['pɒðə]
英:['pɒðə]
美:['pɒðə]
n.
<文>喧闹,骚动,混乱
vt.
(使)紧张不安,(使)焦虑
vi.
喧闹,忙乱
poth·er
pa thr
第三人称单数:pothers
现在分词:pothering
过去式:pothered
过去分词:pothered
noun
a confused or fidgety flurry of activity : commotion
agitated talk or controversy usually over a trivial matter
a choking cloud of dust or smoke
mental turmoil
verb
transitive verb
to put into a pother
intransitive verb
to be in a pother
1590年代,“骚动,动乱”,一个起源不明的词。意思“精神困扰”来自1640年代; 动词意义上的“使慌乱”可追溯至1690年代。据牛津英语词典(OED)称,最初的发音与 other, brother 押韵; 19世纪的发音变化是受到 bother 的影响。
Noun origin unknown
The first known use of pother was in 1591
pothooknoun
an S-shaped hook for hanging pots over an open fire
potholenoun
a deep round hole (as in a road)
pot holdernoun
a small cloth pad used for handling hot cooking utensils
potherbnoun
an herb whose leaves or stems are boiled for use as greensalso: one (as mint) used to season food
pothernoun
fuss entry 1 sense 1
1 I assured her it was not, but she was convinced that this Bristol pother was at the bottom of the trouble.
2 Rising with a gesture of impatience to retire from the field, he cried out: 'There, there! what a pother, to be sure!
3 But the judges were intimidated by the awful pother o'er their heads and were glad of an excuse to drop McCardle.
4 They was quite in a pother yesterday.
他们昨天正陷入困境呢。
5 Eight years later, the political pother is angrier and meaner.
6 These rules they make such a pother about never seemed so vital to me.
7 I told the story to John, who told it to his pother.
我把这件事告诉了约翰,约翰又告诉了他的弟弟。
8 The bone of contention which all this pother was about.
9 I am free, and if there is any power in my brain, any skill in my right hand, I will make such a pother that the world shall hear me.
10 What a pother over a few years of suffering.
11 Broadly stated, the outcome of all the pother has been to restore to an unthankful world what is probably a complete set of the works of Philodemus!
12 What answer my father sent I was not told; but two days later, a little before sundown, I saw a plain, honest-looking man ride slowly up the road in a great pother of dust.
13 All Touraine would believe that the Marquise de Gange was a prisoner in her own chateau; the mob who were fond of her would rise, and there would be a pretty pother!
14 Then he said, "Well?" and said it in a quite commonplace, ordinary voice, as though he wondered what there was to make any pother about.
15 A man who, from having had two memories, passes to not having one at all, is—gently but without any further pother—locked up.
16 He fetched up a sigh as he ended which would have done credit to my Lady Oxford; and Wogan, seeing his friend in this unwonted pother, was minded to laugh him out of it.
17 A great pother, this, over the theft of a few horses, taken as the spoil of war!
18 Barbara had lost her expression of amusement and was honestly puzzled that he should make so great a pother about a piece of idle gossip.
19 Here are the flowers, Miss Brathwaite,” he said, handing her the innocent cause of all the pother.
20 "He is working out that passage in the Politics that your tutor makes such a pother about," said the other.
5 焦虑
hot fraught dither hang-up fear worry dismay agitation angst consternation dysphoria solicitude Harry perturb discompose trouble bother flap fret fuss
8 困扰
bothersome aggrieved ruffle exercise worry confuse upset distress disturb gravel harass badger weary obsess besiege beset hagride
9 使烦恼
get exercise worry trouble tear burden disturb fret rattle annoy exacerbate gall molest dun pester vex ail agonize disquiet rive fash discompose aggrieve beleaguer discommode nag pain load rank murder chase upset hassle distress inflict fuss torment hump ruffle oppress beset irk encumber chevy scarify importune rowel moider get in hair do to
14 纷乱
intricate turbulent tumultuous labyrinthine mazy involute addle mussy pell-mell confusion chaos disturbance tangle intricacy uproar muss helter-skelter get into a mess
15 混乱
disorder coil confusion complication chaos madness tumble havoc scrum turmoil whirlpool mayhem turbulence huddle anarchy whirl dislocation commotion scurry disarray tumult maelstrom mix-up snafu hubbub screw-up kerfuffle helter-skelter misrule pell-mell hurly-burly moil katzenjammer guddle balls-up hugger-mugger snarl-up tsimmes tohubohu shambles buzz mare's nest Chinese fire drill
16 烦恼
agonize galling fretful tsoris pet trouble fry distress harassment fret taking annoyance worldly anguish canker disquiet vexation fash botheration worriment worry bother sweat fuss languish fester grizzle cark get exercise tear bug burden disturb rattle annoy exacerbate gall molest dun haggle pester vex ail rive discompose aggrieve beleaguer discommode careful worried worrying cloudy troubled turned-off carking care disease upset irritation lust cross nag graum baffle wherret pain load rank murder chase devil hassle inflict torment hump ruffle oppress beset irk encumber chevy scarify importune rowel moider fret gizzard get in hair bust a gut do to
17 骚动
rowdydowdy disorderly seething uproarious roily rowdyish splore row-de-dow whoop-up do disorder stir sensation breeze riot disturbance fermentation ferment stink turmoil agitation tempest commotion uproar convulsion tumult squall distemper shindig furor restiveness affray rowdiness ruction shindy tempestuousness bobbery hurry-scurry stoush tumultuousness agitate seethe tumultuate disturb storm coil hurricane to-do unrest flutter cauldron broil hubbub hoo-ha misrule hurly-burly razzmatazz moil katzenjammer stramash alarums and excursions tempestuous trouble noise shooting shine excitement hurry combustion ruffle shake-up clatter ruckus brouhaha kerfuffle stour hubble-bubble hot turnup turbulent disturbed abuzz astir blather dirdum tirrivee kickup rucus heat blow yeast scandal distraction whirl hurrah muss dustup blether touse williwaw tzimmes bagarre abubble wake