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

• 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。
• 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。
• The dollar: Boom! And then pandemonium in the street.
  美元：咚！然后是混乱的街道。
• 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。
• 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。
• Heh*, what happened lead to the so unity country became so pandemonium?
  呵呵，是什么让这个团结的国家变得这样灰暗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。