pother

英 ['pɒðə] 美 ['pɒðə]

• n. 烦恼；喧闹；弥漫的尘土（烟雾等）
• v. （使）烦恼；（使）喧闹

英英释义

Noun:

1. an excited state of agitation;

   "he was in a dither"
   "there was a terrible flap about the theft"
   

Verb:

1. make upset or troubled

2. make a fuss; be agitated

经典引文

• Smiting the sea with his mighty tail, making an almost deafening noise and pother.

  出自： F. T. Bullen

• All this pother about a brooch really didn't do at all.

  出自： V. Woolf

• The Home Fleet was in a pother about Mountbatten's activities.

  出自： P. Ziegler

近反义词

【近义词】

• sweat 汗水
• dither 抖
• flap 拍打
• tizzy 慌乱
• fuss 大惊小怪