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hoo-ha

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++hoo-ha /ˈhuː hɑː/ noun [singular, uncountable] British English  LOUD/NOISYnoisy talk or excitement about something unimportant 吵闹,叫嚷;大惊小怪 SYN fuss What’s all the hoo-ha about? 干什么这么吵闹呀?
Examples from the Corpus
hoo-haAnd she nails the adolescent angst of budding love in all its raging hormonal hoo-ha.Today marks the start of three days of hoo-ha surrounding the governor's inauguration.
Origin hoo-ha (1900-2000) Yiddish hu-ha
hoo-ha nounChinese
something noisy talk unimportant or Corpus about excitement


hoo-ha
hoo-ha /ˈhuː hɑː/ noun [singular, uncountable] British English
 Date: 1900-2000
 Language: Yiddish
 Origin: hu-ha
noisy talk or excitement about something unimportant
   SYN  fuss:
    What’s all the hoo-ha about?


hoo-haBrE /ˈhuː hɑː/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhuː hɑː/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, singular] (BrE, informal) noisy excitement, especially about sth unimportant 闹嚷;激动;(尤指)小题大做,大惊小怪 SYN fuss