Question of the Day #1447

Hydronym hullabaloo

From the headline of this article at iPolitics.

  上記の文で、hullabalooの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "hullabaloo" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

【名】
大騒ぎ、騒動◆可算

一般的には上記の訳で間違いはありませんが、下記英語の定義1にあるように「大きくて途切れることのない騒音、または様々な音が入り混じったもの」の意味もあります。

 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. informal : a loud, continued noise or mixture of noises : DIN
2. informal : a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance : UPROAR, FUSS

 

Examples

1. Would there be such a hullabaloo about the violence in her books if they had been written by a man? —Laura Z. Hobson
2. There's been a lot of hullabaloo recently about the effects that grapefruit can have on certain meds. —Chanie Kirschner
3. Many locals who are used to coexisting with the sharks think it’s all a big hullabaloo, too. From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
4. For all the hullabaloo, the markets aren’t reacting much differently. From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026
5. As Baron points out, the scientific method often fell by the wayside amid the hullabaloo. From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025

   

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