n.烦恼；喧闹；弥漫的尘土（烟雾等）

v.（使）烦恼；（使）喧闹

He seems in pother,noboody knows what's on his mind. 不知道他有什么心事，老是心神不定的样子。

He liked his sister， who was warm and pleasant， but he did not like his pother， who was aloof and arrogant. 他喜欢热情愉快的妹妹，而不喜欢冷漠高傲的哥哥。

Three hundred pages is far too much pother for a crime other than murder.After all, the reader's trouble and expenditure of energy must be rewarded. 如果小说进行到最后一章，才将罪名加在一个陌生人，或一个无足轻重的角色身上，那等于是作者自认无能，不配和读者斗智。

drink and pother in the house 在屋里饮酒取闹

make [raise] a pother 引起骚动

make a pother 引起骚动