pandemonium
[,p?nd?'mon??m]
- n. 一片混亂；鬧哄哄的場所
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?pandemoniums;
中文詞源
pandemonium 騷亂
pan-,全部，所有，demon,魔鬼。即地獄，引申詞義混亂，騷亂。
英文詞源
- pandemonium
- pandemonium: [17] Pandemonium was coined by John Milton as the name for the capital of Hell in his poem Paradise lost 1667: ‘Meanwhile the winged heralds … throughout the host proclaim a solemn council forthwith to be held at Pandaemonium, the high capital of Satan and his peers’. He formed it from the prefix pan- ‘a(chǎn)ll’ and Greek daímōn ‘demon’ – hence ‘place of all the demons’. The modern colloquial use of the word for ‘uproar’ developed in the mid-19th century.
=> demon - pandemonium (n.)
- 1667, Pand?monium, in "Paradise Lost" the name of the palace built in the middle of Hell, "the high capital of Satan and all his peers," coined by John Milton (1608-1674) from Greek pan- "all" (see pan-) + Late Latin daemonium "evil spirit," from Greek daimonion "inferior divine power," from daimon "lesser god" (see demon).
Transferred sense "place of uproar" is from 1779; that of "wild, lawless confusion" is from 1865. Related: Pandemoniac; pandemoniacal; pandemonian; pandemonic.
雙語例句
- 1. There was pandemonium in court as the judge gave his summing-up.
- 法官的結(jié)案陳詞在法庭上引起一片混亂。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Pandemonium broke out as they ran into the street shouting.
- 他們叫嚷著沖到大街上，大街上頓時亂作一團(tuán)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Pandemonium broke out when the news was announced.
- 這消息一宣布，立即亂成一片。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. The whole lobby was a perfect pandemonium, and the din was terrific.
- 整個門廳一片嘈雜, 而且喧囂刺耳.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Shrill cries and startled oaths flew up around us as pandemonium broke out.
- 騷亂爆發(fā)時，我們周圍充斥著尖厲的哭喊聲和難以入耳的咒罵聲。
來自柯林斯例句