flurries

英 [ˈflʌriz]

美 [ˈfləriz]

n.  一阵忙乱(或激动、兴奋等); 小阵雪(或雨等); (纸张、织物，尤指衣服)窸窣
flurry的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (活动或兴奋心情的)一阵
  Aflurryof something such as activity or excitement is a short intense period of it.
  1. ...a flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at ending the war.
     旨在结束战争的一系列外交活动
• (雪等的)一阵
  Aflurryof something such as snow is a small amount of it that suddenly appears for a short time and moves in a quick, swirling way.

双语例句

• The weather forecast calls for snow flurries tonight.
  天气预报预示今夜有小雪。
• Parts of Wales and Scotland could see sleet on Monday, with snow flurries forecast over parts of the Scottish Highlands, Cumbria and the Peak District.
  威尔士和苏格兰的部分地区周一可能见到雨夹雪，伴有越过部分苏格兰高地、坎布里亚和皮克区的阵雪预报。
• It did start to snow, not only these little flurries, but big fat flakes which clung immediately to theire surface.
  真的下雪了！不是零星小雪，而是鹅毛大雪，一落地就与地面凝结在一起了。
• A couple of recent flurries at the top end of the labour market show how worried leadership teams can get when star performers appear to be on the verge of leaving.
  最近在高端劳动力市场出现的几次小风波，便显示出当明星员工似乎要离开公司时，领导们可能会多么苦恼。
• Flurries moving in later, but the Blizzard will hit outside of town.
  晚一点会下雪，不过大风雪会侵袭城外。
• As we scan some bottomlands amid October snow flurries, Brown's gaze is drawn by ravens, among his surest guides, to a carcass.
  十月份下阵雪时我们仔细查看了一些洼地。布朗的目光被一群乌鸦引到一具残骸上。乌鸦是最准确的向导之一。
• These accounts show no consistency. The forecast calls for snow flurries later tonight.
  这些报道前后不一。天气预报报道今天后半夜将有阵雪。
• But, when I wake up to snow flurries, I know that winter has firmly taken over and fall has sadly become a mere technicality.
  但是，当我醒来的时候，飘雪，我知道冬天已经坚定地走上了和下降已成为一个纯粹的技术性可悲。
• Despite periodic flurries of optimism, diplomacy has been largely disappointing.
  尽管周期性地出现零星乐观进展，但外交已经在很大程度上令人失望。
• Outside, a bitter east wind was accompanied by flurries of snow.
  外面，刺骨的东风伴着阵阵小雪。