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 when the news was announced.
  消息宣布后一片混乱。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• People assume, in an airplane crash, that there's pandemonium and people panic.
  人们会以为在空难中会出现混乱和人员惊慌。
• A full or comprehensive break-up, with the euro area splintering into a Greater Deutschmark zone and about 10 national currencies would create pandemonium.
  欧元区全面或是彻底解体，分裂成大德国马克区和大约10种不同国家的货币，这将引发一场大混乱。
• When the tone finally came through, there was pandemonium in the mission control room. The rally began in an uproar.
  乐曲终于响起，控制室内一片沸腾。大会在一片喧腾声中开始了。
• The dollar: Boom! And then pandemonium in the street.
  美元：咚！然后是混乱的街道。
• What kind of a pandemonium that vessel was, I cannot descriBe, But she was commanded By a lunatic, and might Be called a floating Bedlam.
  那艘船处于怎样的一片混乱之中，我无法形容，但它确在一个精神错乱者的指挥之下，可以称之为一所浮动的疯人院。
• 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。