pell-mell

英 [ˌpel ˈmel]

美 [ˌpel ˈmel]

adv.  匆忙地; 仓促; 混乱地

GRE

牛津词典

adv.

• 匆忙地；仓促；混乱地
  very quickly and in a way that is not controlled

柯林斯词典

• ADV 匆忙地；忙乱地；仓促地
  If you movepell-mellsomewhere, you move there in a hurried, uncontrolled way.
  1. All three of us rushed pell-mell into the kitchen.
     我们三人全都匆忙跑进厨房。

英英释义

adj

• with undue hurry and confusion
  1. a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause
  2. a pell-mell dash for the train
  Synonym:helter-skelter

adv

• in a wild or reckless manner
  1. dashing harum-scarum all over the place
  2. running pell-mell up the stairs
  Synonym:harum-scarum

双语例句

• The living-room was untidier than usual. The books were scattered pell-mell over the floor.
  客厅比平时更凌乱。书本凌乱地散置在地上。
• The books were scattered pell-mell over the floor. the files are in complete disorder.
  文件都凌乱地摆放在那里。那些书凌乱地放在桌子上。
• It was a singular pell-mell.
  那是一种光怪陆离的杂拌儿。
• The books were scattered pell-mell over the floor.
  书本凌乱地散置在地上。
• I dashed pell-mell into the drawing room.
  我匆忙地冲进客厅。
• Fascinating subjects and noble ideas come pell-mell, each with its appropriate imagery and expression.
  极有吸引力的主题和崇高的思想纷纷出现在脑海，随之而来的还有恰如其分的意象和措辞。
• A helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause; a pell-mell dash for the train.
  永不停歇的匆忙、混乱的生活方式；急急忙忙赶火车。
• It seemed, from the manner in which the words escaped from his mouth, incoherent, impetuous, pell-mell, tumbling over each other, as though they were all pressing forward to issue forth at once.
  他那些拉杂、急迫、夹兀、紊乱的话破口而出，好象每一句都忙着想同时一齐挤出来似的。
• The assailants, abandoning their dead and wounded, flowed back pell-mell and in disorder towards the extremity of the street, and there were again lost in the night.
  进犯的官兵丢下他们的伤员，乱七八糟一窝蜂似的，全向街的尽头逃走了，重行消失在黑夜中。
• The children rushed pell-mell down the stairs.
  孩子们乱哄哄地冲下楼去。