pother \POTH-er\, noun:
1. A heated discussion, debate, or argument; fuss; to-do.
2. Commotion; uproar.
3. A choking or suffocating cloud, as of smoke or dust.
verb:
1. To worry; bother.
"An' why all the pother?" Mrs. Rickards emitted a series of sniffs and returned his scowl with a frosty glare.
-- Colin Arthur Roderick, The Lady and the Lawyer
I don't know what's so extraordinary about it, or why there should be such a pother.
-- William Dean Howells, Novels 1886-1888, Volume 2
Pother is of unknown origin. It is not related to the word bother which did not enter English until the 1700s and is related to the word both.
1。了热烈的讨论，辩论，或参数;做文章;做。
2。骚动;哗然。
3。窒息或窒息云，烟尘。
动词：
1。担心打扰。
“”为什么所有的pother吗？“夫人Rickards发出了一系列的嗅着，回到了他的一个冷若冰霜的眩光怒容。
- 科林·阿瑟·罗德里克，夫人和律师
我不知道它是如此非凡，或为什么应该是这样的pother。
- 威廉·迪安·豪厄尔斯，小说1886年至1888年，第2卷
pother是来历不明。它是不相关的字，烦不输入英文，直到1700年，有关的字都。
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