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[turbulent 词源字典] - turbulent: see trouble
[turbulent etymology, turbulent origin, 英语词源] - turbulent (adj.)
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- early 15c., "disorderly, tumultuous, unruly" (of persons), from Middle French turbulent (12c.), from Latin turbulentus "full of commotion, restless, disturbed, boisterous, stormy," figuratively "troubled, confused," from turba "turmoil, crowd" (see turbid). In reference to weather, from 1570s. Related: Turbulently.