pandemonium
noun /ˌpændəˈməʊniəm/
/ˌpændəˈməʊniəm/
[uncountable]- a situation in which there is a lot of noise and activity with a great lack of order, especially because people are feeling angry or frightened
骚动；群情沸腾 - Pandemonium broke out when the news was announced.
这消息一宣布，立即乱成一片。 - There was pandemonium in the classroom till the head appeared.
教室里一片混乱，直到头出现。
- The children got lost amid the pandemonium.
孩子们在混乱中迷路了。 - There was complete pandemonium when the tent collapsed.
帐篷倒塌时，一片混乱。 - It was absolute pandemonium in there.
那里完全是一片混乱。
词源mid 17th cent.: modern Latin (denoting the place of all demons, in the English poet Milton's Paradise Lost), from pan- ‘all’ + Greek daimōn ‘demon’. - Pandemonium broke out when the news was announced.