mayhem

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈmeɪəm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos. uncountable,usually
    — to cause mayhem
  2. Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing. uncountable,usually
    — The fighting dogs created mayhem in the flower beds.
  3. The maiming of a person by depriving them of the use of any of their limbs which are necessary for defense or protection. uncountable,usually
    — to commit mayhem
  4. The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose. uncountable,usually
动词 v.
  1. To commit mayhem. archaic
    — the king shal punish him for mayheming of his subject

词形变化

mayhems plural maihem alternative,obsolete mayhems present,singular,third-person mayheming participle,present mayhemed participle,past mayhemed past maihem alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
Bayhem mayhemic Mayhem Parva
相关词
maim

词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English mayehem, late form of maym, from Anglo-Norman mahaim (“mutilation”), from Old French meshaing (“bodily harm, loss of limb”), from Proto-Germanic *maidijaną (“to cripple, injure”) (compare Middle High German meidem, meiden (“gelding”), Old Norse meiða (“to injure”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (maidjan, “to alter, falsify”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to change”). More at mad. The original meaning referred to the crime of maiming; the other senses derived from this.
Another possible etymology derives the Old French from Provençal maganhar, composed of mal (“evil”) and ganhar (“to obtain, receive”) (compare with Spanish ganar and Italian gavagnare and guadagnare), so literally "to obtain, receive something evil".
The sense "chaos" may have arisen by popular misunderstanding of the common journalese expression "rioting and mayhem".
词源 2
Inherited from Middle English mayehem, late form of maym, from Anglo-Norman mahaim (“mutilation”), from Old French meshaing (“bodily harm, loss of limb”), from Proto-Germanic *maidijaną (“to cripple, injure”) (compare Middle High German meidem, meiden (“gelding”), Old Norse meiða (“to injure”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (maidjan, “to alter, falsify”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to change”). More at mad. The original meaning referred to the crime of maiming; the other senses derived from this.
Another possible etymology derives the Old French from Provençal maganhar, composed of mal (“evil”) and ganhar (“to obtain, receive”) (compare with Spanish ganar and Italian gavagnare and guadagnare), so literally "to obtain, receive something evil".
The sense "chaos" may have arisen by popular misunderstanding of the common journalese expression "rioting and mayhem".
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