hoopla
英 ['huːplɑː]
美 ['huplɑ]
hoopla 投环套物，大吹大擂最早拼写houp-la,可能来自拟声词，物体快速移动的声音，后用于指大吹大擂，再后用于指游乐场投环套物的游戏，可能受hoop影响。
- hoopla
- 1877, hoop la, American English, earlier houp-la, exclamation accompanying quick movement (1870), of unknown origin, perhaps borrowed from French houp-là "upsy-daisy," also a cry to dogs, horses, etc. (see whoop).
- 1. The purpose of all the hoopla out there is to boost civilian morale.
- 外面那样大吹大擂的目的无非是要鼓舞一下民心.
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- 2. Putting all the hoopla aside, however, the results were quite solid.
- 然而, 抛开所有这些噱头不说, 该片的销量还是相当可观的.
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- 3. There is too much hoopla in these elections.
- 选举中出现了十分混乱的场面.
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- 4. So , as far as our day to day life is concerned, what's the hoopla all about?
- 尽管我们对自己每天的日常生活都非常关心, 但事实究竟怎么样 呢 ?
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- 5. But amid all the hoopla, the question remains: how do Touretski and his swimmers do it?
- 但是在所有的投环套物游戏中, 这个问题留下: Touretski和 他的游泳者怎么做它?
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