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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 in court as the judge gave his summing up
  法官做总结时，法庭里一片混乱。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• Then I will become the ultimate ruler of this wasteland engulfed with pandemonium!
  然后，我将成为这片被地狱所吞噬的荒土的绝对者。
• And despite the pandemonium, the avid shopper had taken his time to browse the shops.
  不管有多混乱，这位狂热的购物者总会从容不迫地去购物。