bedlam

FREQ #32426

n. 混乱, 喧闹, 疯人院 [医] 精神病院, 精神病

发音

其它 /ˈbɛdləm/

词形变化

bedlams 复数 bedlams

别名

bedlem

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails.

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  2. 2.

    An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.

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  3. 3.

    A lunatic asylum; a madhouse.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

chaos madhouse sanatorium nuthouse pandemonium booby-hatch crazyhouse cuckoo's nest funny farm loony bin

上位词 7

confusion institution asylum mental hospital insane asylum mental institution psychiatric hospital

相关短语

Bedlam beggar Bedlam beggars all bedlam breaks loose all bedlam broke loose Tom o' Bedlam Toms o' Bedlam Tom of Bedlam Toms of Bedlam

词源

From Bedlam, alternative name of the English lunatic asylum, Bethlem Royal Hospital (royal hospital from 1375, mental hospital from 1403) (earlier St Mary of Bethlehem outside Bishopsgate, hospice in existence from 1329, priory established 1247), since used to mean “a place or situation of madness and chaos”. Bedlam as name of hospital attested 1450. Phonologically, corruption of Bethlem, itself a corruption of Bethlehem (the Biblical town), from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém) from Biblical Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (bêṯ leḥem, literally “house of bread”). However, also compare Spanish belén (“confusion, disorder; a place characteristic of such”).

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