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fuss

Word family 
fuss1 /fʌs/ ●○○ noun [singular, uncountableU]  
1  PROBLEManxious behaviour or activity that is usually about unimportant things 〔通常指对小事的〕紧张不安；大惊小怪，小题大做
 James said he’d better be getting back or there’d be a fuss.
詹姆斯说他最好回来，否则就会有人小题大做了。
 The Steamatic enables you to clean any carpet with the minimum of fuss.
蒸汽清洁器可以让你轻轻松松地清洁地毯。
2  ATTENTIONattention or excitement that is usually unnecessary or unwelcome 无谓的关注[激动]
 They wanted a quiet wedding without any fuss.
他们想安安静静地举行婚礼，不大事铺张。
 Until I heard her sing I couldn’t see what all the fuss was about (=why people liked it so much).
听到她的演唱之后，我才明白她为什么会引起这么大的轰动。
3  make a fuss/kick up a fuss (about something) COMPLAINto complain or become angry about something, especially when this is not necessary （因某事）大吵大闹；（因某事）大惊小怪
 Josie kicked up a fuss because the soup was too salty.
乔西因为汤太咸而大吵大闹了一番。
 I don’t know why you’re making such a fuss about it.
我搞不懂你为什么对此大惊小怪。
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making such a fuss• Your task then is to shame me for making such a fuss.• She felt unenthusiastic and listless about the eclipse and couldn't see why everyone else was making such a fuss.
4  make a fuss of somebody/something British EnglishBrE, make a fuss over somebody/something American EnglishKIND to pay a lot of attention to someone or something, to show that you are pleased with them or like them 对某人/某事物关爱备至
 Make a fuss of your dog when he behaves properly.
狗儿守规矩的时候就要宠宠它。
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make a fuss of somebody/something• Southall waits for me now when I arrive and make a fuss of me - I can even hug Kizzy.• And making a fuss of me because they knew that my stitches had burst.• But making a fuss of Mum shouldn't be restricted to just one day of the year!• That's why I made a fuss of him when we got married.• And if there is one thing that West London hotels particularly enjoy, it is making a fuss of Joe Jackson.• She was still very nervous, though Mrs. Castell knew to make a fuss of her.• And Katie started crying all over again just so that he would make a fuss of her.
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fuss• Yes, in fact Emilou cried, and Wendi had made a fuss about the mascara on my sixty-buck shirt.• Seb's father was a large, comfortable-looking man who did not seem disposed to make a fuss.• I liked the novelty and fuss and being the centre of attention.• The current fuss about San Jose's proposed downtown arena has been noticed in other parts of the state.• Then, later, there was all that fuss in the papers about Mark and Anne.• Passengers strained to see what all the fuss was about.• Indeed, Carville himself reacted to the fuss by sounding as though he were having second thoughts.• She couldn't see why there was all this fuss, or even why her father had to get married at all.
be a fuss• Beside him, the old cook Chucha is fussing with a coaster for his glass.• Immediately beside him Kegan was fussing with sheets of paper, arranging and rearranging them into neat aligned squares.• Thomasina at this time was fussing around the table.• We spent a day together when it was finished because I knew there was going to be a fuss.
what all the fuss was about• At last, she realized what all the fuss was about.• No, I just wanted to see what all the fuss was about.• Travellers would go miles out of their way to see what all the fuss was about.• That's surely what all the fuss was about.• Nina, of course, was furious and could not understand what all the fuss was about.• Not bad, you think, but you wonder what all the fuss was about.• A decade from now we might, as you suggest, be wondering what all the fuss was about.
fuss2 verb [intransitiveI]  
1  WORRIEDto worry a lot about things that may not be very important 〔为小事〕烦恼
 I wish you’d stop fussing – I’ll be perfectly all right.
我希望你别再瞎操心了——我会很好的。
2  IMPORTANTto pay too much attention to small unimportant details 过于讲究细节
fuss with/around/about
 Paul was fussing with his clothes, trying to get his tie straight.
保罗在不厌其烦地整理衣服，试图把领带弄直。
3  American EnglishAmEANGRY to behave in an unhappy or angry way 吵闹
 The baby woke up and started to fuss.
宝宝醒过来，开始哭闹了。
4 fuss over somebody/something phrasal verbphr v KINDto pay a lot of attention or too much attention to someone or something, especially to show that you are pleased with them or like them 对某人/某事物过于体贴[关心]
 His aunts fussed over him all the time.
他的姑母们对他一直宠爱有加。
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fuss over • But don't make a fuss over a little thing like that.• Like other bystanders, they felt the fuss over color was exaggerated, particularly since they had seen it happen before.• The nurse was still hovering about the bed, patting the pillow, tucking in blankets and generally fussing over her patient.• He famously fussed over his seating below the salt on Air Force One.• We fussed over Janir, scrutinizing his every move and expression.• My mother wanted to fuss over me in Lanhowell, but somehow I couldn't take that.• She appeared to be searching for dust, fussing over square micrometers where maybe some of it had landed.• Jess looked at the worried forehead wrinkles, the nervous hands fussing over the teacups, plum cake and shortbread.
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fuss• Many pairs and triplets show the relative strength of the noun: Jill fusses.• They were people who really let themselves go on high days and holidays, not likely to fuss about anything left over.• Mary Alice fussed and squirmed until she got her bottle.• At the end of it is a Paris suburb, a bed with cool white linen and nuns fussing around me.• Thomasina at this time was fussing around the table.• Everybody fussed over his brilliance to a great degree; he was a focal point at our school.• He famously fussed over his seating below the salt on Air Force One.• I don't want to have Nicky Scott Wilson fussing round me like a wretched nanny while you're away.• Paquita fusses with the white cloth, twitching it back and forth, minutely rearranging its folds.
fuss with/around/about• How she would have skewered all this passing fuss with her incisive wit!• Immediately beside him Kegan was fussing with sheets of paper, arranging and rearranging them into neat aligned squares.• Why fuss about the island variety?• Henry wished now that he'd not made such a fuss about the perishing uniform.• She fusses with the seat belt.• Paquita fusses with the white cloth, twitching it back and forth, minutely rearranging its folds.• The greybeards made a quite unnecessary fuss about this and I was forced to employ my stout stick.• She was probably making a big fuss about very little, said a small voice inside her.
Origin fuss1
(1700-1800) Perhaps from the sound of someone breathing quickly and excitedly
fuss1 nounfuss2 verb
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