名詞 ballyhoo:

1. blatant or sensational promotion
   同義詞：hoopla, hype, plug

動詞 ballyhoo:

1. advertize noisily or blatantly

bal.ly.hoo

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 bal.ly.hoos
Sensational or clamorous advertising.
夸大廣告：聳人聽聞的或大肆宣傳的廣告
Noisy shouting or uproar.
大聲吵鬧，喧囂
v.tr.（及物動詞）
bal.ly.hooed,bal.ly.hoo.ing,bal.ly.hoos
To advertise by sensational methods.
大吹大擂：用聳人聽聞的方法做廣告

來源：
[Origin unknown]
[語源不詳]

<注釋>The origin ofballyhoo has been the subject of much speculation. This spelling has actually graced four different words:ballyhoo, .sensational advertising.; ballyhoo, a spelling of balao, a kind of fish; ballyhoo, a part of the name ballyhoo bird, about which more later; andballyhoo, a sailor`s epithet for a disliked ship. This lastballyhoo (first recorded in 83') was thought to be related to, or the same as, the word ballahou, from Spanishbalahú, .a type of schooner common in the Antilles.. First recorded in 8'7,ballahou, besides being a term for a specific kind of ship, was also used contemptuously of inferior ships.But the connection between these sailing terms or the name of the fish and our wordballyhoo, first recorded in 90, has not been established. There may, however, be a tie betweenballyhoo and the creature called a ballyhoo bird. According to a July 880 article inHarper`s, the bird had four wings and two heads and could whistle through one bill while singing through the other.Anyone who has ever hunted a snipe will know what hunting ballyhoo birds was like.
單詞ballyhoo 的來源一直存在種種推測。 這個詞的拼寫實際上包含有四個不同的詞：ballyhoo， 意為.聳人聽聞的廣告.； ballyhoo， 是 balao 的一種拼寫，是一種魚； ballyhoo， 是 ballyhoo bird 的一部分,其出現(xiàn)更晚； 還有一個是ballyhoo， 是水手對不喜歡的船的稱呼。 這最后一個ballyhoo （最早記載于83'年）被認(rèn)為與 ballahou 有關(guān)或相同， 該詞來自西班牙語balahu， 意為.流行于安的列斯群島的一種縱帆船。. 首次記載于8'7年，ballahou 一詞除表示一種特殊的船外， 還表示同時代的劣等船。但這些與航海有關(guān)的詞或魚類名稱的詞與我們所使用的、首次記載于90年的一詞ballyhoo 之間尚未建立聯(lián)系。 然而也許ballyhoo 一詞與被稱為 ballyhoo bird 的生物之間有某種聯(lián)系。 根據(jù)880年7月哈帕斯 雜志中一篇文章的描寫， 這種鳥有四翅雙頭，可以用其中一張嘴吹哨，同時用另一張嘴唱歌。任何曾經(jīng)獵過鷸鳥的人將會知道捕獵.巴里嗬.鳥是怎樣的一種情景