英语词汇“pell-mell”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

advadj

When things are messy, wacky, crazy, and all over the place, they are pell-mell — chaotic.

If your room is a mess, with clothes everywhere, it's pell-mell. If people are running in every direction and yelling, that's a pell-mell situation. Whenever things are out of hand, off the hook, and chaotic, it's pell-mell. Words with a similar structure and meaning are "higgledy-piggledy," "harum-scarum," and "helter-skelter."

WORD FAMILY

pell-mell

USAGE EXAMPLES

Provincial authorities often take it upon themselves to name places as national parks, with a view to selling overpriced tickets or fostering pell-mell development.

Economist(Nov 24, 2016)

The plot - often in short, choppy scenes unfolding pell-mell - careens like a pinball between Marla, Frank and Hughes.

Washington Times(Nov 21, 2016)

Actors also narrate the action in “Little Thing, Big Thing,” a pell-mell adventure for two actors now downtown at Flashpoint’s intimate Mead Theatre Lab.

Washington Post(Nov 16, 2016)

1adv in a wild or reckless manner

running pell-mell up the stairs

Syn

harum-scarum

2adj with undue hurry and confusion

a pell-mell dash for the train

Syn

helter-skelter
hurried

moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste

单词	pell-mell
释义	pell-mell (once / 5455 pages) advadj When things are messy, wacky, crazy, and all over the place, they are pell-mell — chaotic. If your room is a mess, with clothes everywhere, it's pell-mell. If people are running in every direction and yelling, that's a pell-mell situation. Whenever things are out of hand, off the hook, and chaotic, it's pell-mell. Words with a similar structure and meaning are "higgledy-piggledy," "harum-scarum," and "helter-skelter." WORD FAMILY pell-mell USAGE EXAMPLES Provincial authorities often take it upon themselves to name places as national parks, with a view to selling overpriced tickets or fostering pell-mell development. Economist(Nov 24, 2016) The plot - often in short, choppy scenes unfolding pell-mell - careens like a pinball between Marla, Frank and Hughes. Washington Times(Nov 21, 2016) Actors also narrate the action in “Little Thing, Big Thing,” a pell-mell adventure for two actors now downtown at Flashpoint’s intimate Mead Theatre Lab. Washington Post(Nov 16, 2016) 1adv in a wild or reckless manner running pell-mell up the stairs Syn harum-scarum 2adj with undue hurry and confusion a pell-mell dash for the train Syn helter-skelter hurried moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
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