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pandemonium [ˏpændəˋmonɪəm ]
n. a situation in which there is a lot of noise because people are angry, confused or frightened 騷動;大混亂;喧鬧
【例句】
There was pandemonium when the news was announced.
消息宣佈後一片混亂。
Pandemonium reigned in the classroom until the teacher arrived.
教師來到之前教室裡亂哄哄的。
【字源】< pan-:all 全部 > + demon(n. 惡魔)+ < -ium:表“地點"的字尾 >:全部都是惡魔的地方 → 大混亂。
此字由大詩人彌爾頓(John Milton)所造,指的是《失樂園》(Paradise Lost)之中,撒旦召開群魔大會的地點,即「群魔宮」後來才衍生出「大混亂」之意。
【同義】tumult
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