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

• 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。
• Working in collusion, one from within and the other from without, they created pandemonium.
  他们里应外合，把时局搞得乌烟瘴气。
• 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。
• Down at the east end of the slum, however, a noisy crowd had gathered on a rubbish dump: the girls were holding a meeting. All at once pandemonium broke out again and it was impossible to hear what anybody was saying.
  但在这草棚区域东首一片堆垃圾的空场上，又是嚷嚷闹闹的一个人堆。女工们正在开大会。纷乱的嚷闹起来了，谁也听不清谁的话语。
• There was pandemonium when the news was announced.
  消息宣布后一片混乱。
• 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？
• Heh*, what happened lead to the so unity country became so pandemonium?
  呵呵，是什么让这个团结的国家变得这样灰暗？
• The pandemonium above has ceased almost as suddenly as it arose, passed like a fierce gust of wind; but they know that in the passing it has determined their fate.
  头顶上的喧嚣声戛然停止了，像初起时一样来得突然，像一阵狂风吹过似的；但他们知道，狂风过处，已经决定了他们的命运。
• 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。
• 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。