uproar

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++up·roar /ˈʌp-rɔː $ -rɔːr/ noun [singular, uncountable] ANGRYa lot of noise or angry protest about something 喧嚣；吵闹；骚动be in (an) uproar The house was in an uproar, with babies crying and people shouting. 房子里有婴儿在哭，还有人在大叫，一片嘈杂。

Examples from the Corpus

uproar• When this leaked to the press, it generated an uproar.• The court's decision set off an uproar among religious activists.• There was an immediate uproar when the company talked about cutting holiday time.• The political uproar that follows is wholly predictable.• The cutbacks were almost immediately rescinded after a public uproar.• He was surprised, assuming that all the uproar at the castle must have been heard.• But apparently the uproar from fans wanting to see Lewis make history may have Hunt reconsidering.• More pilots ran out of the back room, aroused by the uproar, and joined in the fist-fight.• And now the uproar that he had finally raised was dying away, and a gratifying silence was descending once again.be in (an) uproar• Borrowdale was in an uproar from Lodore to Seatoller and back again.• The whole countryside was in uproar.• I mean everyone was in an uproar about it.• The union meeting at the Pier Head in Liverpool was in uproar.• From the moment he opened his mouth the pub was in uproar.• Mrs Thomlinson was in uproar about this.• Wuhan was in an uproar when they arrived, its streets nearly impossible because of the mobs.Origin uproar (1500-1600) Dutch oproer, from op “up” + roer “movement”; influenced by English roar

up·roar nounChineseSyllable

Corpus something protest of or lot about angry noise a

uproar
up‧roar /ˈʌp-rɔː $ -rɔːr/