English-Thai Dictionary

ado

N ความวุ่นวาย  อุปสรรค  ความยุ่งยาก  fuss trouble khwam-wun-wai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADO

n. Bustle; trouble; labor; difficulty; as, to make a great ado about trifles; to persuade one with much ado.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ADO

A *do ", (1 ) v. inf. , (2 ) n. Etym: [OE. at do, northern form for to do. Cf. Affair. ]

 

1. To do; in doing; as, there is nothing. "What is here ado " J. Newton.

 

2. Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles. With much ado, he partly kept awake. Dryden. Let's follow to see the end of this ado. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ado

a do |əˈdo͞o əˈdu | ▶noun trouble or difficulty: she had much ado to keep up with him. • fuss, esp. about something that is unimportant: on the face of it, this is much ado about almost nothing. PHRASES without further (or more ) ado without any fuss or delay; immediately. ORIGIN late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘action, business ’): from northern Middle English at do ‘to do, ’ from Old Norse at (used to mark an infinitive ) and do 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

ado

ado |əˈduː | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a state of agitation or fuss: this is much ado about almost nothing. • dated trouble or difficulty: I hastened there without delay or ado. PHRASES what's ado archaic what's the matter? without further (or more ) ado without any fuss or delay; immediately. ORIGIN late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘action, business ’): from northern Middle English at do ‘to do ’, from Old Norse at (used to mark an infinitive ) and do 1 .

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ado

ado noun she decided to take matters in hand without further ado: fuss, trouble, bother, upset, agitation, commotion, stir, hubbub, confusion, excitement, tumult, disturbance, hurly-burly, uproar, flurry, to-do, palaver, rigmarole, brouhaha, furore; N. Amer. fuss and feathers; Indian tamasha; informal hassle, hoo-ha, ballyhoo, hoopla, rumpus, flap, tizz, tizzy, stew, song and dance, performance, pantomime; Brit. informal carry-on, kerfuffle.

 

French Dictionary

ado

ado n. m. et f. (pl. ados ) nom masculin et féminin Abréviation familière de adolescent, adolescente. : C ’est une ado très déterminée. Cette piste cyclable est le rendez-vous des ados.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ado

a do /ədúː /名詞 U ｟やや古 ｠騒ぎ (fuss ); 面倒 (trouble )▸ Much Ado About Nothing 『空騒ぎ 』 〘Shakespeareの劇の題名 〙without (any ) f ú rther [m ó re ] ad ò これ以上面倒なことはせず, 早速 .