bedlam

bedlam

英 ['bedləm]
　　美 ['bɛdləm]

n. 混亂，騷亂；精神病院，瘋人院

中文詞源：

bedlam 嘈雜

來自於13世紀倫敦Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, 一所專門收治精神病人的醫院。bedlam為Bethlehem的變體。

例句：

1. The crowd went absolutely mad. It was bedlam.
人們徹底瘋瞭。亂成瞭一團。

2. It was bedlam at our house on the morning of the wedding.
婚禮的那天早上，我們傢鬧哄哄的。

3. He is causing bedlam at the hotel.
他正攪得旅館雞犬不寧。

4. When the teacher was called away the classroom was a regular bedlam.
當老師被叫走的時候,教室便喧鬧不堪.

5. What's happening in that room? It's ( like ) bedlam in there.
那個房間裡怎麼瞭? 亂哄哄的.