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 synonym chaos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。
Extra ExamplesThe 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。
Word Originmid 17th cent.: modern Latin (denoting the place of all demons, in the English poet Milton's Paradise Lost), from pan- ‘all’ + Greek daimōn ‘demon’.