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 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。