mayhem是什么意思？

mayhem

英[ˈmeɪhem] 美[ˈmeˌhɛm]

• n. 骚乱，慌乱；

例句

• There was absolute mayhem when the cow got into the village hall. 那牛闯进村会议厅,造成一片混乱.
• ...the economic mayhem that this country's going through now. 这个国家正在经历的经济混乱
• 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。
• It was a period of collective insanity, of legalized murder and mayhem. 那是个集体丧失理智、谋杀与暴力合法化的时期。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  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.
  例句
  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

英汉词典释义

• n.
  大混乱, 大破坏
  There was absolute mayhem when the cow got into the village hall. 那牛闯进村会议厅, 造成一片混乱。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person
  2. violent and needless disturbance

行业词典

• 法律： 伤害人的肢体罪；重伤罪；