pandemonium

[,pændə'monɪəm]

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※ 提供单词"pandemonium"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

pandemonium 骚乱

pan-,全部，所有，demon,魔鬼。即地狱，引申词义混乱，骚乱。

pandemonium: pandemonium: [17] Pandemonium was coined by John Milton as the name for the capital of Hell in his poem Paradise lost 1667: ‘Meanwhile the winged heralds … throughout the host proclaim a solemn council forthwith to be held at Pandaemonium, the high capital of Satan and his peers’. He formed it from the prefix pan- ‘all’ and Greek daímōn ‘demon’ – hence ‘place of all the demons’. The modern colloquial use of the word for ‘uproar’ developed in the mid-19th century.
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pandemonium (n.): 1667, Pandæmonium, in "Paradise Lost" the name of the palace built in the middle of Hell, "the high capital of Satan and all his peers," coined by John Milton (1608-1674) from Greek pan- "all" (see pan-) + Late Latin daemonium "evil spirit," from Greek daimonion "inferior divine power," from daimon "lesser god" (see demon).

Transferred sense "place of uproar" is from 1779; that of "wild, lawless confusion" is from 1865. Related: Pandemoniac; pandemoniacal; pandemonian; pandemonic.

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1. There was pandemonium in court as the judge gave his summing-up.: 法官的结案陈词在法庭上引起一片混乱。

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。

4. The whole lobby was a perfect pandemonium, and the din was terrific.: 整个门厅一片嘈杂, 而且喧嚣刺耳.

5. 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。