shindy

英 ['ʃɪndɪ]美 ['ʃɪndi]

n. 喧哗吵闹；大宴会；奢华舞会

英文词源

shindy

shindy: [19] Shindy is an alteration of shinty [18], the name of a rumbustious Scottish game resembling hockey which was also used in the 19th century for a ‘commotion’. Shinty itself appears to be a lexicalization of shin t’ ye ‘shin to you’, a cry supposedly uttered by players of the game. Shindig [19] is probably an alteration of shindy.
=> shindig, shinty

双语例句

1. to kick up a shindy

吵起来

来自《权威词典》

2. There was a dreadful shindy in the pub last night.

昨天晚上酒馆里有人大打出手.

来自辞典例句

3. The drunken man kicked up a shindy outside the house where his employer lived.

那醉汉在他雇主的住宅外面大吵大闹.

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