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

• The fumes began seeping through the trains and stations, and pandemonium ensued.
  毒气随即开始弥漫整个车厢，车站，马上引起了一场大混乱。
• 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。
• 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。
• An efflorescence of mystical and magical thinking, scientific and pseudo-scientific research, conspiracy theories and general pandemonium broke out.
  神秘和神奇思想，科学和伪科学研究，阴谋理论和公众混乱的全盛时期爆发了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Pandemonium reigned in the classroom until the teacher arrived.
  教师来到之前教室里乱哄哄的。
• 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。