pandemonium

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌpæn.dɪˈməʊ.ni.əm/    美 /ˌpæn.dəˈmoʊ.ni.əm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually of a crowd, often violent. countable,uncountable
    — Whatever all this pandemonium means, I suppose the police station will help us.
  2. An outburst; loud, riotous uproar, especially of a crowd. countable,uncountable
    — Riyad Mahrez flighted the free-kick that followed to the far post and Morgan, with not much finesse but plenty of desire, bundled the ball over the line. Cue pandemonium in the stands.
  3. A group of parrots collective,countable,uncountable

词形变化

pandemoniums plural pandemonia plural pandaemonium alternative pandæmonium alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
fandemonium pandamonium pandemoniac pandemoniacal pandemonian pandemonic pandemonious pandemonium architecture pandemonium effect
相关词
all hell breaks loose Pandæmonium

词源

Coined by John Milton in Paradise Lost as Pandæmonium, from Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, “all”) (equivalent to pan-) + Late Latin daemonium (“evil spirit, demon”), from Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion, “deity”).
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