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mayhem n.有意的破坏或暴行；[法]重伤罪；故意的伤害罪 (1) 众人蜂拥而出，造成了极大的混乱。(2) 那牛闯进村会议厅，造成一片混乱。(3) 在杀人罪和其他暴力犯罪整体减少的背后是青少年犯重伤害罪的急剧上升。(4) 目前他已被控故意伤害和虐待等罪行而被拘留。 You may encounter several types of disturbances in your life, but mayhem is typically used for disturbances involving crowds. The word mayhem comes to us not from Latin, as many English words do, but from Anglo-French, a dialect of French that developed in England several centuries ago. We’re guessing those Anglo-French speakers had a reputation for being a pretty rowdy bunch.

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英 ['meɪhem] 美 ['meɪhem] (1) There was absolute mayhem when everyone tried to get out at once.(2) There was absolute mayhem when the cow got into the village hall.(3) Hidden beneath the overall drop in homicide and other violent crime is a soaring rate of mayhem among teenagers.(4) He has been held on suspicion of mayhem, torture and other charges. Mayhem is a violent and rowdy disturbance, like what you might experience at an overcrowded rock concert or a day-after-Thanksgiving sale. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]纷乱；混乱；骚乱 You use mayhem to refer to a situation that is not controlled or ordered, when people are behaving in a disorganized, confused, and often violent way. Their arrival caused mayhem as crowds of refugees rushed towards them.他们到达后大批难民一拥而上，引起一片混乱。...the economic mayhem that this country's going through now.这个国家正在经历的经济混乱

英语单词	mayhem
英美音标	英 ['meɪhem] 美 ['meɪhem]
中文释义	n.有意的破坏或暴行；[法]重伤罪；故意的伤害罪
英语例句	(1) There was absolute mayhem when everyone tried to get out at once. (2) There was absolute mayhem when the cow got into the village hall. (3) Hidden beneath the overall drop in homicide and other violent crime is a soaring rate of mayhem among teenagers. (4) He has been held on suspicion of mayhem, torture and other charges.
中文例句	(1) 众人蜂拥而出，造成了极大的混乱。 (2) 那牛闯进村会议厅，造成一片混乱。 (3) 在杀人罪和其他暴力犯罪整体减少的背后是青少年犯重伤害罪的急剧上升。 (4) 目前他已被控故意伤害和虐待等罪行而被拘留。
vocabulary简明	Mayhem is a violent and rowdy disturbance, like what you might experience at an overcrowded rock concert or a day-after-Thanksgiving sale.
vocabulary扩展	You may encounter several types of disturbances in your life, but mayhem is typically used for disturbances involving crowds. The word mayhem comes to us not from Latin, as many English words do, but from Anglo-French, a dialect of French that developed in England several centuries ago. We’re guessing those Anglo-French speakers had a reputation for being a pretty rowdy bunch.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]纷乱；混乱；骚乱 You use mayhem to refer to a situation that is not controlled or ordered, when people are behaving in a disorganized, confused, and often violent way. Their arrival caused mayhem as crowds of refugees rushed towards them. 他们到达后大批难民一拥而上，引起一片混乱。 ...the economic mayhem that this country's going through now. 这个国家正在经历的经济混乱

Mayhem Violent Absolute Rowdy Disturbances 英 Meɪhem] 美 Meɪhem