pandemonium

FREQ #31996

n. 魔窟, 地狱, 阎王殿, 无法无天, 一片混乱, 大混乱, 大吵大闹, 乌烟瘴气

发音

UK /ˌpæn.dɪˈməʊ.ni.əm/
US /ˌpæn.dəˈmoʊ.ni.əm/
AU

词形变化

pandemonia pandemoniums 复数 pandemoniums pandemonia 复数

别名

pandaemonium pandæmonium

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually of a crowd, often violent.

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    1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados I shall go round to the office and complain. I'll tell you what it is, Mr. Belting: these mansions are becoming a pandemonium, sir, a veritable pandemonium.

  2. 2.

    An outburst; loud, riotous uproar, especially of a crowd.

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  3. 3.

    A group of parrots

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

chaos bedlam topsyturvydom topsy-turvyness

上位词 1

confusion

相关短语

pandemonium effect pandemonium architecture pandemonium architectures

词源

Coined by John Milton in Paradise Lost as Pandæmonium, from Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, “all”) (equivalent to pan-) + Late Latin daemonium (“evil spirit, demon”), from Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion, “deity”).

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