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 men of the post had rushed out pell-mell at the sergeant's shout; the shot brought on a general random discharge, after which they reloaded their weapons and began again.
  哨所里的人听到班长叫喊，一窝蜂似的涌了出来，跟在那第一枪后面，漫无目标地乱放一气，放过以后，又装上子弹再放。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Like an angel of hell, he rises swiftly, and changing into a bat, flies pell-mell to the cottage of his tantalizing victims.
  如同飞出地狱的使者，他敏捷地起身，变为一只蝙蝠，心急难耐地匆忙飞向受害者的小屋。
• The most frightful thoughts rushed pell-mell through his mind.
  他头脑里出现了一阵乱糟糟的无比恐怖的想法。
• It was a singular pell-mell.
  那是一种光怪陆离的杂拌儿。
• 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。
• 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。