The children were making an awful din.是什么意思？

The children were making an awful din.

孩子们吵得厉害。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

children

n. 孩子们(child的复数)，儿童，膝下，孥；

例句
Their permissiveness toward their children reflects the wild abandon of their own lives.
他们对孩子的放任折射出他们自身生活的放浪形骸。

were

be的过去时复数和第二人称单数形式，有时代替 was,用于条件从句、动词 wish 之后等；

例句
Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
店铺、房子和车辆全都陷于火海。

making

n. 制造，产生的过程，成功改进的手段，原料，材料；v. “make”的现在分词；

例句
How did you go about making this marvellous acquisition then?
那么你是怎么买到这一绝品的？

an

art. 一（在元音字母前代替不定代词a），一任一某一，一个；

例句
He started eating an apple...
他开始吃苹果。

awful

adj. 糟糕的，可怕的，非常的，极坏的；adv. 非常，极；

例句
Everybody knew that something awful was afoot.
大家都知道可怕的事近在眼前。

din

n. 喧闹声；vt. 喧闹，喋喋不休地说；vi. 喧闹；

例句
They tried to make themselves heard over the din of the crowd.
他们力图让自己的声音盖过人群的喧闹声。