单词 | pell-mell |
释义 | pell-mell /pel"mel"/, adv. 1. in disorderly, headlong haste; in a recklessly hurried manner. 2. in a confused or jumbled mass, crowd, manner, etc.: The crowd rushed pell-mell into the store when the doors opened. adj. 3. indiscriminate; disorderly; confused: a pell-mell dash after someone. 4. overhasty or precipitate; rash: pell-mell spending. n. 5. a confused or jumbled mass, crowd, etc. 6. disorderly, headlong haste. Also, pellmell. [1570-80; < MF pelemele, OF pesle mesle, rhyming compound based on mesler to mix. See MEDDLE] |
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