pandemonium

pandemonium

[,pændə'monɪəm]

n. 一片混亂；鬧哄哄的場所

中文詞源：

pandemonium 騷亂

pan-,全部，所有，demon,魔鬼。即地獄，引申詞義混亂，騷亂。

例句：

1. There was pandemonium in court as the judge gave his summing-up.
法官的結案陳詞在法庭上引起一片混亂。

2. Pandemonium broke out as they ran into the street shouting.
他們叫嚷著沖到大街上，大街上頓時亂作一團。

3. Pandemonium broke out when the news was announced.
這消息一宣佈，立即亂成一片。

4. The whole lobby was a perfect pandemonium, and the din was terrific.
整個門廳一片嘈雜, 而且喧囂刺耳.

5. Shrill cries and startled oaths flew up around us as pandemonium broke out.
騷亂爆發時，我們周圍充斥著尖厲的哭喊聲和難以入耳的咒罵聲。