kerfuffle

kerfuffle
[kəˈfʌf(ə)l]
noun
  1. [in sing.](informal, chiefly Brit.)a commotion or fuss, especially one caused by conflicting views
    (非正式，主英)混乱；动荡；吵闹
    there was a kerfuffle over the chairmanship.
    在主席职位问题上发生了争吵。
语源
  1. early 19th cent.: perhaps from Scots curfuffle (probably from Scottish Gaelic car 'twist, bend' + imitative Scots fuffle 'to disorder'), or related to Irish cior thual 'confusion, disorder'
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