pandemonium

英 [ˌpændəˈməʊniəm]

美 [ˌpændəˈmoʊniəm]

n.  骚动; 群情沸腾

GRE

BNC.20097 / COCA.21228

牛津词典

noun

• 骚动；群情沸腾
  a situation in which there is a lot of noise, activity and confusion, especially because people are feeling angry or frightened
  1. Pandemonium broke out when the news was announced.
     这消息一宣布，立即乱成一片。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 喧闹；嘈杂；混乱
  If there ispandemoniumin a place, the people there are behaving in a very noisy and uncontrolled way.
  1. There was pandemonium in court as the judge gave his summing up...
     法官做总结时，法庭里一片混乱。
  2. Pandemonium broke out as they ran into the street shouting.
     他们叫嚷着冲到大街上，大街上顿时乱作一团。

英英释义

noun

• a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  Synonym:chaosbedlamtopsy-turvydomtopsy-turvyness

双语例句

• We are astonished at the pandemonium wrought on our household by this puppy.
  我们感到惊讶，在混乱造成的对我们的家庭是由这小狗。
• There was pandemonium as fans raced onto the field at the end of the match.
  比赛结束时球迷们冲向赛场，场上一片混乱。
• Simple: Seeing their husbands make a bigger effort to reduce the pandemonium in the house.
  答案很简单：看到丈夫能更加努力地减轻家里的乱局。
• Pandemonium broke out as they ran into the street shouting.
  他们叫嚷着冲到大街上，大街上顿时乱作一团。
• Do you know what it's like out there on our streets? Pandemonium!
  你知道要是现在出去站在大街上会怎么样吗？
• Shrill cries and startled oaths flew up around us as pandemonium broke out
  骚乱爆发时，我们周围充斥着尖厉的哭喊声和难以入耳的咒骂声。
• India's Parliament descended into pandemonium Thursday, with one lawmaker letting off pepper spray and another allegedly brandishing a knife during a dispute over the creation of a new state.
  印度国会周四陷入一片混乱，在就设立新邦的争论中，一名议员喷了胡椒喷雾，另一人据说挥起了刀子。
• Pandemonium reigned in the classroom until the teacher arrived.
  教师来到之前教室里乱哄哄的。
• Tow grapes. Who would have thought a pair of tainted red grapes could cause so much economic and political pandemonium?
  两颗葡萄。谁能想到，两颗污染的葡萄竟会在经济和政治上引起如此大的混乱。
• She's got to remain strong to keep them out, and if they can weaken her, the seals will fall-and all Pandemonium will break loose.
  她得时刻保持强大的法力来阻挡它们。一旦恶魔们得以削弱她的实力，封印就会解除，喧癫空隧位面中所有层面的架构也将被打散。