pandemonium
美音:
[´pændı´məunıəm
]英音:
[´pændı´məunıəm
]n.混战场,喧哗吵闹,喧嚣,大混乱,大吵大闹
难易程度:
pandemonium为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
形容词:pandemoniac
词根
pan-=all 变化型 panto-
pandemonium
/,pændɪ'məʊnɪəm; ,pændɪ`monɪəm/
n [U] wild and noisy disorder or confusion 大混乱; 喧闹
*There was pandemonium when the news was announced. 消息宣布後一片混乱.
* Pandemonium reigned in the classroom until the teacher arrived. 教师来到之前教室里乱哄哄的.
pandemonium
n[U][
Date: 1600-1700;
Origin: Pandaemonium city of evil spirits in the poem Paradise Lost (1667) by John Milton, from
Greek pan- (
PAN-) + daimon
'evil spirit']
a situation in which there is a lot of noise because people are angry, confused or frightened
=
chaos There was complete pandemonium in the kitchen. When the verdict was read pandemonium broke out in the courtroom.
1. There was pandemonium when the news was announced. 消息宣布后一片混乱.
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