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- 起哄
起哄
qǐ hòng
Meaning
- to heckle
- to create a disturbance
Definition
指许多人在一起吵闹、捣乱，或者故意对某人或某事开玩笑、嘲弄。
to make a racket; to heckle; to stir up trouble in a group.
Usage
常用于描述一群人在公共场合喧哗、起哄，或者故意挑事。
Often used to describe a group of people making noise, heckling, or deliberately stirring up trouble in public.
Examples
- 1 学生们在课堂上起哄，老师很生气。（The students were making a racket in class, and the teacher was angry.）
- 2 演唱会上，观众起哄要求歌手再来一首。（At the concert, the audience heckled and demanded an encore.）
- 3 他们几个在酒吧里起哄，结果被保安赶了出去。（A few of them were causing a stir in the bar and got kicked out by the security.）
- 4 别起哄了，这可不是开玩笑的时候。（Stop making a scene; this is no time for jokes.）
- 5 比赛输了，球迷们开始起哄骂教练。（After the team lost, the fans started heckling and cursing the coach.）
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