hur·ly-bur·ly /ˈhɜːli ˌbɜːli $ ˌhɜːrli ˈbɜːrli/ noun [uncountableU] LOUD/NOISYa lot of busy noisy activity 骚动,喧哗 the hurly-burly of city life 城市生活的喧嚣
hurly-burly• We must not allow all these important objectives to be imperiled during the hurly-burly of budget negotiations.• There was a swift unromantic transition from the warm enclosed world of the aircraft to the hurly-burly of the airport.