| 单词 | pandemonium |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [`pændi'məunjəm] |
| 解释 | n.喧嚣，大混乱 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 喧嚣，大混乱(a wild uproar; tumult) 【记】 pan(全部)+demon(魔 鬼)+ium→全是魔鬼→ 大混乱，来自弥尔顿 所着《失乐园》中的 地狱之都(Pandemonium) |
| 字源 | pandemonium (n.) 1667, Pandæmonium, in "Paradise Lost" the name of the palace built in the middle of Hell, "the high capital of Satan and all his peers," coined by John Milton (1608-1674) from Greek pan- "all" (see pan-) + Late Latin daemonium "evil spirit," from Greek daimonion "inferior divine power," from daimon "lesser god" (see demon). Transferred sense "place of uproar" is from 1779; that of "wild, lawless confusion" is from 1865. Related: Pandemoniac; pandemoniacal; pandemonian; pandemonic. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 喧嚣的地方, 大混乱 【记】pan全部, dem人民, on上边, ium－全部人民在上面－大混乱 【反】serenity(n 平静) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】pan- 全 + demon 魔鬼，原指迷失伊甸园中地狱的中心，魔窟 |
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