Everyone looked to see what was causing the commotion.
大家都在看是什么引起了喧闹。
Examples from the Corpus
commotion• After a commotion, a wait and another commotion, my father appeared in the windowabove us.• I heard a commotionoutside.• We heard a commotion downstairs and ran down to see what was happening.• There is a commotionbehind me, some one motions him to leave, there is a briefscuffle and he is gone.• Suddenly there was a commotion by the front door, and two police officersmarched in.• Suddenly there was a commotion behind me.• Suddenly the wholestreet was in commotion.• As usual he brought with him a collection of friends and a lot of commotion.• A right commotion was taking place.• They kept quite still, although all the commotion of the stationswirled around them.• And it was true, she was finding breathing increasingly difficult, thanks to the wildcommotion in her heart.
causing ... commotion• They stood in a tightbunch and craned their necks to see what was causing the commotion.• M., we were awakened by a large racket and went outside to see what was causing the commotion.
Origincommotion
(1300-1400)Old FrenchLatincommotio, from commovere“to move violently”, from com- ( → COM-) + movere“to move”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + COMMOTION | COMMOTION + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤big, great, huge, loud, terrible極大的混亂;可怕的混亂▸➤sudden突然的騷動VERB + COMMOTION➤cause, make引起/製造騷動◇The people upstairs were making a great commotion.樓上的人正鬧作一團。➤hear聽到一陣騷動➤see (NAmE) 看見騷動COMMOTION + VERB➤break out, erupt騷動爆發▸➤die down騷動平息PREPOSITION➤in a/the commotion在騷動中◇Lots of furniture had been knocked over in the commotion.很多傢具在騷亂中被掀翻了。➤commotion about, commotion over因⋯的騷動◇What's all the commotion about?這亂哄哄的一片是怎麼回事?