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单词 pell-mell
释义 pell-mell
I. \ˈpel|mel\ adverb
Etymology: Middle French pelemele, from Old French pesle mesle, probably reduplication of mesle, imperative singular of mesler to mix, mingle — more at meddle
1. : in mingled confusion or disorder
 < the infantry followed pell-mell — W.H.Prescott >
 < piles of volumes that were heaped pell-mell around him — Christopher Morley >
2. : without distinction or discrimination : indiscriminately
 < so that you will not simply read everything pell-mell and without judgment — N.N.Glatzer >
3. : in or as if in confused haste : headlong
 < hesitated to barge ahead pell-mell as he had done in previous years — Clay Blair >
II. adjective
: marked by confusion, disorder, or haste : helter-skelter
 < the pell-mell rush of magnitudinous events — Marian E. Wagner >
 < a shelf that contained a pell-mell assortment of French novels — Nicolas Nabokov >
III. noun
(-s)
1. : an indiscriminate medley
 < five setters … came down the drive in a pell-mell of welcome — James Reynolds >
2. : confusion, disorder
 < the pell-mell of life's disorganized and casual happenings — J.C.Powys >
IV. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
: to mix up in an indiscriminate manner
 < they pell-mell the dead with the living all in one kirk — William Birnie >
intransitive verb
: to hurry in a confused or disorderly manner : rush
 < they all pell-melled out of that river — Esther Forbes >
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