mayhem

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n. 蓄意的破坏, 故意的伤害罪 [医] 伤残, 残废

发音

US /ˈmeɪ̯ˌhɛm/
其它 /ˈmeɪ̯ˌhɪ̟m/
US /ˈmeɪəm/
其它 /ˈmeɪəm/

词形变化

mayhems 复数 mayhems mayhemed mayheming mayhems 三单 mayheming 现在分词 mayhemed 过去式 mayhemed 过去分词

别名

maihem

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos.

    混乱

    不可数

    to cause mayhem

    What if the legendary hero Robin Hood had been born into the mayhem of the 20th century?

    In all the mayhem, some children were separated from their parents.

  2. 2.

    Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing.

    不可数

    The fighting dogs created mayhem in the flower beds.

  3. 3.

    The maiming of a person by depriving them of the use of any of their limbs which are necessary for defense or protection.

    不可数 法律

    to commit mayhem

  4. 4.

    The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose.

    不可数 法律
v.
  1. 1.

    To commit mayhem.

    古体 法律

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

havoc

上位词 5

crime disturbance criminal offence criminal offense lawbreaking

相关短语

Mayhem Parva

词源

From Middle English mayme, mahaime, from Anglo-Norman mahaim (“mutilation”), from Old French meshaing (“bodily harm, loss of limb”), from Proto-Germanic *maidijaną (“to cripple, injure”) (compare Middle High German meidem, meiden (“gelding”), Old Norse meiða (“to injure”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (maidjan, “to alter, falsify”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to change”). More at mad. The original meaning referred to the crime of maiming; the other senses derived from this. Another possible etymology derives the Old French from Provençal maganhar, composed of mal (“evil”) and ganhar (“to obtain, receive”) (compare with Spanish ganar and Italian gavagnare and guadagnare), so literally "to obtain, receive something evil". The sense "chaos" may have arisen by popular misunderstanding of the common journalese expression "rioting and mayhem".

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