hoopla

hoopla

英 ['huːplɑː]
　　美 ['huplɑ]

n. 投環套物遊戲；喧鬧

中文詞源：

hoopla 投環套物，大吹大擂

最早拼寫houp-la,可能來自擬聲詞，物體快速移動的聲音，後用於指大吹大擂，再後用於指遊樂場投環套物的遊戲，可能受hoop影響。

例句：

1. The purpose of all the hoopla out there is to boost civilian morale.
外面那樣大吹大擂的目的無非是要鼓舞一下民心.

2. Putting all the hoopla aside, however, the results were quite solid.
然而, 拋開所有這些噱頭不說, 該片的銷量還是相當可觀的.

3. There is too much hoopla in these elections.
選舉中出現瞭十分混亂的場面.

4. So , as far as our day to day life is concerned, what's the hoopla all about?
盡管我們對自己每天的日常生活都非常關心, 但事實究竟怎麼樣 呢 ?

5. But amid all the hoopla, the question remains: how do Touretski and his swimmers do it?
但是在所有的投環套物遊戲中, 這個問題留下: Touretski和 他的遊泳者怎麼做它?