pell-mell

短语

adv. 乱七八糟地, 凌乱地, 忙乱地 a. 胡乱的, 混乱的 n. 乱七八糟, 混乱, 杂乱

发音

US /ˈpɛlˈmɛl/

词形变化

more pell-mell 比较级 most pell-mell 最高级

别名

pell mell

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of pall mall (“ball game”).

    不可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Hasty and uncontrolled.

adv.
  1. 1.

    In haste and chaos; uncontrolledly, confusedly.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

helter-skelter

近义相关 1

hurried
副词

同义词 1

harum-scarum

词源

From French pêle-mêle, from Old French pesle-mesle, apparently a rhyme based on the stem of mesler (“to mix, meddle”). Compare meddle, melee.

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