英:[ˈhu:plɑ:]
美:[ˈhupˌlɑ, ˈhʊp-]
英:[ˈhu:plɑ:]
美:[ˈhupˌlɑ, ˈhʊp-]
hoop·la
hu pl
noun
chiefly US, informal + often disapproving excited or agitated commotion or activity : bustle Seville is a place that offers many artists who call it home a chance to work quietly, away from the hoopla of Madrid.—Deborah Gimelson The reality star who each year makes a big hoopla as she turns one year older …—Rebecca Cukieralso: agitated, excited, or angry discussion : fuss … despite all the hoopla about susceptibility of automobile companies to … hacking, this is yet another … exploit that (would have) required hands-on intervention to succeed. —David Booth
… make sure that children who have birthdays around the holidays don't get their birthday celebration lost in the holiday hoopla.—Samara Kalk Derby
chiefly US, informal + often disapproving extravagant promotion or publicity : ballyhoo The November arrival of the nouveau on these shores … was accompanied by the normal amount of hoopla and hype intended to whip up consumer interest in the young wine.—Terry Robardsalso: an event or occasion featuring hoopla Music fans have become incredibly savvy about the big live hooplas and announcements … —Jim Carroll "San Diego [Comic Con] is a big hoopla," [Alan] Pamoleras said … —Jessica Dolcourt
Watch out for hoopla surrounding the fourth Batman movie, which hits theaters this summer.—Zillions
也有 hoop-la,1877年, hoop la,美国英语,早期为 houp-la,伴随快速动作的感叹词(1870年),起源不明,可能源自法语 houp-là “upsy-daisy”,也是对狗、马等动物的叫声(见 whoop)。
French houp-là, interjection
The first known use of hoopla was in 1877
hootenannynoun
a gathering at which folksingers entertain
hootenannynoun
a gathering at which folksingers entertain
hoot1 of 2verb
to utter a loud shout usually of scorn
to make the characteristic call of an owl or a similar sound
to drive out by hooting
hoot2 of 2noun
a sound of hootingespecially: the call of an owl
a very small amount
don't give a hoot
an amusing person or thing
hoosegownoun
prison sense 2
hoorayinterjection
—used to express joy, approval, or encouragement
hoopnoun
a circular band used for holding together the strips that make up the sides of a barrelalso: a similar band used as a toy
a circular figure or object : ring
the rim of a basketball goalbroadly: the entire goal
basketball—usually used in plural
a circle or series of circles of flexible material used to expand a woman's skirt
hooplanoun
bustlealso: fuss —often used disapprovingly
extravagant claims made for publicity—often used disapprovingly
1 But he was thrilled that amid the hoopla about his digital effects and aesthetic, Ms. Bullock is getting accolades.
2 The prize created hoopla, especially when broadcast on national TV with a panel of critics, commentators and artists in violent disagreement.
3 Part of the oddness of Reality lies in Luciano's initial resistance to the Big Brother hoopla.
4 Don't let the hoopla about social norms and customs, so often important in places of rich history and beliefs, fool you.
千万别到了历史悠久、信仰多元的国家,听了有关社会规范、信仰习俗的种种宣扬就被唬住。
5 She had a brush with it the last time I saw her, at Comic Con in San Diego in 2010, where she was mobbed by fans during the hoopla over Scott Pilgrim vs the World.
6 Yet for all the hoopla, Record Store Day may also be the death rattle of a retail industry.
7 The cocktail geeks want a good drink without the crowd hoopla.
8 The heated hoopla was exposed in a Wednesday Rolling Stone report, in which 13 anonymous sources recounted the show's toxic work environment and detailed its disturbing, overly explicit themes.
9 While superfast cars racing around loops might not have impressed him, the hoopla around Formula 1 sure did.
10 "The hoopla is around the mainland buyers."
喧闹总是围绕着大陆买家。
11 Tuesday's hoopla, however, proved to be anything but amicable.
12 I don't understand what all the hoopla is about.
13 But after the hoopla, the diamonds often disappear into coffers of the very rich, only to reappear when an auction hammer comes down on a mega-million-dollar sale.
14 This is nice for A-list actors who prefer to promote films without so much hoopla and personal talk.
15 “It was a place for minimalism and skinny ties and posing, as opposed to the elaborate hoopla of 54.”
16 The hoopla associated with its arrival will be a coming-out party of sorts for Mrs. Thompson, who, if her husband has his way, would one day become the city’s first lady.
17 For all the hoopla over Thursday's signing, the arms-control treaty still has to be ratified by two-thirds of the U.S. Senate, as well as Russia's Duma.
星期四的签署令人瞩目,但是武器控制条约还需要经过三分之二的美国参议院以及俄罗斯杜马批准才能生效。
18 And I started imagining, “Yeah, but what’s the next day like, when the cameras aren’t around and the hoopla has died down?”
19 If you somehow missed the hoopla, there are two types of machines being installed, which have raised concerns about privacy, health risks and even their effectiveness at catching terrorists.
20 “They try to make it as seamless as possible for everyone. There’s no hoopla around the first family here,” said Phronie Jackson, whose son graduated in Malia’s class Friday.
1 投环套物
3 激动
convulsionary fullhearted shook-up excited violent heated inflammatory tumultuous agitated seething souped-up plugged-in hopped-up agitato feeling stir hop thrill flush inflammation sensation warmth yeast flap churn fume twitch jolly tremor lather agitation broil electrification tumult throb twit effervescence snit feeze irritancy dooda atingle fire rock burn boil kindle tingle flip ferment commove get heat string spark wig arouse tempest agitate rouse electrify galvanize seton edge in a pucker do to set fire to in a storm
5 极度兴奋
6 投环
7 喧闹
rag to-do commotion shindig rumpus shindy moil stooshie noise yawp raise hell raise the devil a song and dance alarums and excursions slambang clamant rough noisy stormy Randy brassy obstreperous rorty rumbustious knockabout riot rattle fuss stink romp furore brouhaha ballyhoo corroboree hoot clamour loud uproarious rip-roaring bustle brawl ruckus hubbub kerfuffle hullabaloo hurly-burly high jinks furious boisterous rackety strepitoso whoop-de-do discord uproar bedlam hurly katzenjammer clutter rowdydowdy ring-a-ding mad robust bustling blatant roaring rowdy raucous rambunctious uninhibited Dionysian bacchanal bacchanalian slam-bang moiling wingding robustious zizzy strepitous abuzz splatterdash dirdum row-de-dow vociferance row-dow fuzzbuzz whoop-up fun coil rave stew binge merriment furor jangle horseplay bust-up blinder bowwow deray tzimmes bobbery whoopla rowdydow rout roar rumble din roil yammer rantipole a whoop and a holler enough to wake the dead fast and furious
8 大吹大擂的宣传
10 嬉闹