pell-mell
英 ['pel'mel]
美
- n. 混亂；雜亂；亂七八糟
- adj. 混亂的；雜亂的
- adv. 混亂地；亂七八糟地
中文詞源
pell-mell 匆忙，倉促
此處pell為mell韻律重復詞，來自古法語mesler,混合，混亂，來自拉丁語miscere,混合，詞源同miscellany,mix.引申詞義混亂的，匆忙的，倉促的。
英文詞源
- pell-mell (adv.)
- "confusedly," 1570s, from Middle French pêle-mêle, from Old French pesle mesle (12c.), apparently a jingling rhyme on the second element, which is from the stem of the verb mesler "to mix, mingle" (see meddle). Phonetic French form pelly melly is attested in English from mid-15c.
雙語例句
- 1. They all pell - melled out of that river.
- 他們全從那條河倉促地上了岸.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 2. They pell - melled the dead with the living all in one kirk.
- 他們把 人和活人亂七八糟地混放在一個教堂里.
來自互聯網
- 3. The money saved will help expand and strengthen the federal Pell Grant program.
- 節省下來的這些錢將用于擴大和加強聯邦佩爾助學金計劃的實施.
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