Word · Frequency #11216
flurry
使慌张；使慌乱
To make someone nervous or confused; to agitate or fluster.
- 1.
To agitate, bewilder, fluster.
使不安,困惑,慌乱
- 2.
To move or fall in a flurry.
如阵雪般移动或落下。
纷纷落下；纷飞；使不安,困惑,慌乱；如阵雪般移动或落下。；使恐慌；使激动
In use
The unexpected noise flurried the birds, sending them into the air.
She flurried about the room, looking for her keys.
The sudden change in plans flurried everyone present.
Verb forms
base flurry · third person flurries · -ing flurrying · past flurried · past participle flurried
动词规则变化，y变i加ed。常用作名词，作动词时表示使慌张或纷飞。
Connections
Collocations
- be flurried by
- 被……弄得慌乱
- She was flurried by the interviewer's aggressive questions.她被面试官咄咄逼人的问题弄得慌乱。
- get flurried
- 慌张起来
- It's easy to get flurried when you speak in public.在公开场合发言时很容易慌张。
- look flurried
- 显得慌乱
- He looked flurried as he searched for his passport.他翻找护照时显得很慌乱。
- flurried down
- 纷纷飘落
- Snowflakes flurried down outside the window.窗外雪花纷纷飘落。
Idioms & figurative uses
- a flurry of activity
- 一阵忙碌；一阵活动There was a flurry of activity in the office as the deadline approached.随着截止日期的临近，办公室里一阵忙碌。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 flurry 里有 hurry：风雪匆匆扑来，人便慌忙不安。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary narrative、snowfall description flurry 作动词表示“使慌乱”或“如阵雪般纷飞落下”，比较常见于书面语和文学性描写，日常口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 flurry（/ˈfləːri/）押韵的词有 furry（/ˈfəːri/）和 blurry（/ˈbləːri/）。注意拼写相似的 hurry、curry、scurry 在英式英语中读 /ˈhʌri/、/ˈkʌri/、/ˈskʌri/，与 flurry 并不押韵；fury（/ˈfjʊəri/）也形近而音不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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