(尤指在公共场合的)喧闹冲突、骚动;(有时指)打斗引发的混乱。也可泛指“吵闹声、喧嚣”。
/ˈfreɪkɑːs/
A fracas broke out outside the club after midnight.
午夜过后,俱乐部外爆发了一场骚动。
What began as a minor disagreement quickly escalated into a public fracas that drew a crowd and forced the police to intervene.
起初只是小争执,很快升级为一场引人围观的公开骚动,迫使警方介入。
该词借自法语 fracas(“喧闹、骚动、巨响”),又可追溯到意大利语 fracasso,与“撞碎、砸裂”之意相关,因此带有“轰然一声引发混乱/喧嚣”的语感。