unruly
英[ʌn'ruːlɪ]
美[ʌn'ruli]
英英释意
- 1. noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline;
- "a boisterous crowd"
- "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"
- "a robustious group of teenagers"
- "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"
- "an unruly class"
- 2. unwilling to submit to authority;
- "unruly teenagers"
- 3. of persons;
- "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"