【学个词 pell-mell】pell=mell - adv. 匆忙地,混乱地adj. 慌乱的,乱糟糟的 n. 混乱,杂乱
Definition
adverb
1: in mingled confusion or disorder
- papers strewn pell-mell on the desk
2: in confused haste
- At the sound of the alarm bell, the customers ran pell-mell for the doors.
adjective or noun
- Larrick was spellbound with the drama and with the flight of beautiful moments and colors, following pell-mell as in a kaleidoscope whirled at top speed.
- They were driven, pell-mell, from their seat by the rapid advance of the enemy.
- There arises a huge pell-mell.
- He has had a pell-mell round of meetings, coming from one and going to another.
- He has had a pell-mell round of meetings, coming from one and going to another.
Synonyms
- amok,amuck,berserk,berserkly,frantically,frenetically,frenziedly,harum-scarum,hectically,helter-skelter,madly,wild,wildly