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未知。首个记录见于1520年,可能源自古法語 tremouille (磨粉机的漏斗)

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turmoil (通常不可數,複數 turmoils)

  1. 混乱动荡骚乱
    • 2012年6月19日, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, 出自 BBC Sport:
      Oleg Blokhin's side lost the talismanic Andriy Shevchenko to the substitutes' bench because of a knee injury but still showed enough to put England through real turmoil in spells.
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    • 2024年1月14日, Charles Hugh Smith, Self-Reliance, Taoism and the Warring States[1]:
      The Taoists developed their philosophy during an extended era of turmoil known as the Warring States period of Chinese history.
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  2. 麻烦困扰烦扰

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turmoil (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 turmoils,現在分詞 turmoiling,一般過去時及過去分詞 turmoiled)

  1. (棄用不及物) 混乱动荡
  2. (棄用及物) 烦扰打搅
    • Template:RQ:Spenser Ireland
      It is her fatal misfortune [] to be thus miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction.

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