/fʌs ||; fʌs/noun [sing] [U] a time when people behave in an excited, a nervous or an angry way, especially about sth unimportant （尤指为小事）激动，紧张，气恼；大惊小怪: The waiter didn't make a fuss when I spilt my drink. 我把饮料泼了，服务员没有生气。What's all the fuss about? 干吗那样大惊小怪？ make/kick up a fuss (about/over sth) to complain strongly 强烈抱怨；大吵大闹 make a fuss of/over sb/sth to pay a lot of attention to sb/sth 过分关怀；过分体贴；娇养: My grandmother used to make a big fuss of me when she visited. 祖母以前一来就对我关怀备至。