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to-do

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++to-ˈdo noun [singular]  informalPROBLEM a lot of unnecessary excitement or angry feelings about something 无谓的骚动[喧闹];大惊小怪 SYN fuss There was such a to-do when I said I didn’t want to be married in a church! 我说我不想在教堂里举行婚礼,就引起这么大的震动!
Examples from the Corpus
to-doIt caused quite a to-do when a mistake was made in the Labor Department statistics.Christmas has never been a big to-do in our house.
to-ˈdo nounChineseSyllable
feelings a unnecessary Corpus excitement lot of or angry about


to-do
to-ˈdo noun [singular]
informal a lot of unnecessary excitement or angry feelings about something
   SYN  fuss:
    There was such a to-do when I said I didn’t want to be married in a church!


to-doBrE /tə ˈduː/ 🔊NAmE /tə ˈduː/ 🔊 noun [singular] (informal, becoming old-fashioned) unnecessary excitement or anger about sth 忙乱;喧嚷;大惊小怪;吵吵嚷嚷 SYN fuss What a to-do! 真是太大惊小怪了!🔊🔊