Delegates greeted the news with tumultuous applause.是什么意思？

Delegates greeted the news with tumultuous applause.

代表们对这个消息报以热烈的掌声。

delegates

n. 代表，代表团成员( delegate的名词复数 )；

例句
Some of the organisations taking part protested that the delegates they had chosen were not being accredited.
一些参加的组织抗议他们所选出的代表未获委任。

greeted

v. 欢迎( greet的过去式和过去分词 )，迎接，致意，（以某种方式）对…作出反应；

例句
The news was greeted with considerable popular acclamation.
消息赢得了相当普遍的欢呼。

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。

news

n. 新闻，消息，（可当作新闻内容的）人，物；

例句
If nature abhors a vacuum, journalists abhor a transition, when there is little news to cover.
好比自然界拒绝真空一样，新闻工作者则厌恶没有多少新闻可供报道的过渡时期。

with

prep. 和，跟，随着，关于，和…一致；

例句
A waiter entered with a tray...
侍者端着托盘进来了。

tumultuous

adj. 骚乱的，吵闹的，狂暴的，激烈的；

例句
His predecessor was accorded an equally tumultuous welcome...
他的前任受到了同样热烈的欢迎。

applause

n. 热烈鼓掌，喝彩，掌声；

例句
I kept hearing the sound of applause in the background...
我不断听到隐约的鼓掌声。