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rambunctious

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ram·bunc·tious /ræmˈbʌŋkʃəs/ adjective American English  noisy, full of energy, and behaving in a way that cannot be controlled 爱吵闹的;喧闹的;不受管束的 three rambunctious kids 三个爱吵闹的孩子
Examples from the Corpus
rambunctiousMaybe he encouraged my rambunctious behavior.two rambunctious boysI was rather rambunctious in those days, pacing about the room, acting more like General Patton than General Schwarzkopf.The libretto and music, completed in 1928, came from the rambunctious intellectual environment of Paris between the two world wars.They miss the rambunctious lot of them.Mr Smith was a rambunctious retiree who lost his nose to an untended skin cancer.That collision of conflicting air masses usually causes particularly rambunctious storms to slam California.
Origin rambunctious (1800-1900) Probably from rumbustious rambunctious ((18-21 centuries))
ram·bunc·tious adjectiveChineseSyllable
of noisy, a Corpus and behaving in energy, way full that


rambunctious
rambunctious /ræmˈbʌŋkʃəs/ adjective American English
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: Probably from rumbustious __rambunctious__ (18-21 centuries)
noisy, full of energy, and behaving in a way that cannot be controlled:
    three rambunctious kids


ram·bunc·tiousBrE /ræmˈbʌŋkʃəs/ 🔊NAmE /ræmˈbʌŋkʃəs/ 🔊 adjective (informal, especially NAmE) = rumbustious