commotion

Definitions

com- ('together') + mot (moved) + -ion (act/state) = 'a moving-together-all-at-once.' Picture a crowd all stirred up and moving at the same time — that churning, agitated mass is a commotion. The com- here intensifies: everything moving together creates noise and confusion.

Common Collocations

• 1.cause a commotion引起骚动
• 2.a commotion broke out骚乱爆发
• 3.amid the commotion在一片混乱中

Example Sentences

• 1.

  There was a sudden commotion at the back of the hall.

• 2.

  The dogs caused quite a commotion when the mailman arrived.