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

• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The dollar: Boom! And then pandemonium in the street.
  美元：咚！然后是混乱的街道。
• Then Sandel stepped to the centre of the ring and the audience hushed its pandemonium to hear him accept young Pronto's challenge and offer to increase the side bet to one hundred pounds.
  然后，桑德尔就走到斗拳场当中，观众停止了喧噪，听他讲话。他接受了年青的普隆托的挑战，而且建议把超过一般赌注的赌注加到一百磅。
• Pandemonium reigned in the hall as the unbelievable election results were read out.
  当难以置信的竞选结果宣读后，大厅里一派混乱。
• 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。
• 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。