a situation in which a crowd of people are rushing or pushing each other in a confused way 混乱;混乱的人群 Several people were hurt in the melee. 好几个人在混战中受了伤。 I lost hold of her hand in the melee of people rushing towards the entrance. 在冲向入口的人群中,我没有抓住她的手。
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French mêlée, from an Old French variant of meslee ‘melee’, based on medieval Latin misculare ‘to mix’.