- 1一片混亂、大騷動、喧騰（形容現場又吵又亂；不是醫學詞，也跟 pandemic「大流行」不是同一個意思）
Pandemonium is a situation full of noise and disorder because people are angry, confused, , or wildly . A hallway when the fire alarm rings by mistake; a station when a train is cancelled; a stadium after a last-minute goal. It is a strong, slightly theatrical word: you are painting a scene, not giving a calm report. Though actually, it started as a made-up place name. John Milton, in the poem Paradise Lost, coined Pandæmonium as the capital of Hell — the hall of all demons. We no longer mean a place in Hell. We mean the feeling of a crowd that has lost its order. You will often hear “pandemonium broke out” rather than “a pandemonium,” as if it were weather that suddenly arrives.
組成Coined by John Milton in Paradise Lost as Pandæmonium: Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, “all,” the pan- prefix) + Late Latin daemonium (“evil spirit, demon”), from Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion).
同家族的字
- demonthe second half is the old word for a demon; Milton built a “place of all demons”
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pandemoniumnoun/ˌpæn.dɪˈməʊ.ni.əm/
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A loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually of a crowd, often violent.
- Whatever all this pandemonium means, I suppose the police station will help us.
- I shall go round to the office and complain. I'll tell you what it is, Mr. Belting: these mansions are becoming a pandemonium, sir, a veritable pandemonium.
- 2
An outburst; loud, riotous uproar, especially of a crowd.
- Riyad Mahrez flighted the free-kick that followed to the far post and Morgan, with not much finesse but plenty of desire, bundled the ball over the line. Cue pandemonium in the stands.
- 3
A group of parrots
- Clara laughed-"I know!"-and told her about the pandemoniums of parrots that live in the treetops above Los Angeles.
- Seen a wild pandemonium of parrots lately? Report it immediately.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。