子音塊のflから、flutter, beat, onomatopoeia, 語源的にはflap, flip, flutterと同じ。 派生語源 busy, ざわめく音, a small shower of rain, a small shower of snowなど。
英語の語源
flurry (n.)
"snow squall" 1828, American English; earlier with a sense of "commotion, state of perturbed action" (1710), "a gust, a squall" (1690s); perhaps imitative, or else from 17c. flurr "to scatter, fly with a whirring noise," which is perhaps from Middle English flouren "to sprinkle, as with flour" (late 14c.).
flurry (v.)
1757, "produce agitation of feeling in, confuse by excitement," from flurry (n.). From 1883 of snow. Related: Flurried; flurries; flurrying.
例文
1. a sudden flurry of activity
突然の頻繁な活動
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2.These young fellows are all in a flurry .
彼らはみな毛むくじゃらの若者たちだ。
3.A flurry of wind upset the small boat.
疾風が吹いてボートをひっくり返した。
4.There was a flurry of activity as the film star appeared on the balcony.
その映画スターはベランダに顔を出すと騒ぎになった。
5.She got carried away in a flurry of excitement，but we brought her down to earth by reminding her of the tasks waiting to be down.彼女は興奮の中で少し考えていたが、幻想から現実に戻るためにはまだたくさんのことがあることを注意した。