来自于13世纪伦敦Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, 一所专门收治精神病人的医院。bedlam为Bethlehem的变体。
bedlam 英文词源
bedlam
bedlam: [15] The word bedlam is a contraction of Bethlehem. It comes from the Hospital of St Mary of Bethlehem founded in 1247 by Simon FitzMary, Sheriff of London, as the Priory of St Mary Bethlehem. Situated outside Bishopsgate, in the City of London, the hospital began to admit mental patients in the late 14th century. In the 16th century it officially became a lunatic asylum. The word bedlam came to be used for any ‘madhouse’, and by extension for a ‘scene of noisy confusion’, in the 17th century.
bedlam (n.)
"scene of mad confusion," 1660s, from colloquial pronunciation of "Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem" in London, founded 1247 as a priory, mentioned as a hospital 1330 and as a lunatic hospital 1402; converted to a state lunatic asylum on dissolution of the monasteries in 1547. It was spelled Bedlem in a will from 1418, and Betleem is recorded as a spelling of Bethlehem in Judea from 971.
bedlam 英文释义
1. a state of extreme confusion and disorder
bedlam 双语例句
1. The crowd went absolutely mad. It was bedlam.
人们彻底疯了。乱成了一团。
来自柯林斯例句
2. It was bedlam at our house on the morning of the wedding.
婚礼的那天早上，我们家闹哄哄的。
来自《权威词典》
3. He is causing bedlam at the hotel.
他正搅得旅馆鸡犬不宁。
来自辞典例句
4. When the teacher was called away the classroom was a regular bedlam.
当老师被叫走的时候,教室便喧闹不堪.
来自辞典例句
5. What's happening in that room? It's ( like ) bedlam in there.
那个房间里怎麽了? 乱哄哄的.
来自辞典例句
bedlam 实用场景例句
It was bedlam at our house on the morning of the wedding.
婚礼的那天早上，我们家闹哄哄的。
牛津词典
The crowd went absolutely mad. It was bedlam...
人们彻底疯了。乱成了一团。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
He is causing bedlam at the hotel.
他正搅得旅馆鸡犬不宁。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
If you want to find a bedlam, that's the market.
若要找个喧闹的地方, 那就是集市场.
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The night market was bedlam.
夜市喧扰不堪.
辞典例句
When the moment arrives bedlam breaks forth.
当新的一年的一刹那到来时,喧闹声骤然四起.
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M : Operation Bedlam is DEAD! Do you understand, 007?
疯人院行动已经结束! 你明白吗, 007?
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Bedlam is DEBD! Do you understand, 007?
疯人院行动已经竣事! 你明白吗, 007?
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Bedlam is DEAD! Do you understand, 007?
疯人院行动已结束! 你明白吗, 007?
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When the teacher was called away the classroom was a regular bedlam.
当老师被叫走的时候,教室便喧闹不堪.
辞典例句
What with the children and their dogs, this place is like bedlam.
孩子们和他们的狗把这个地方闹得乱哄哄的.
期刊摘选
So I think you'll see, you know, less bedlam, more characters.
因此,我认为你会看到, 你知道, 不喧闹, 更多的字符.
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That is the arithmetic of Bedlam.
这是乱七八糟的算术.
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What's happening in that room? It's ( like ) bedlam in there.
那个房间里怎麽了? 乱哄哄的.
辞典例句
He is causing bedlam at the hotel.
他正搅得旅馆鸡犬不宁。
辞典例句
It was bedlam at our house on the morning of the wedding.
