pandemonium: [17] Pandemonium was coined by John Milton as the name for the capital of Hell in his poem Paradise lost 1667: ‘Meanwhile the winged heralds … throughout the host proclaim a solemn council forthwith to be held at Pandaemonium, the high capital of Satan and his peers’. He formed it from the prefix pan- ‘all’ and Greek daímōn ‘demon’ – hence ‘place of all the demons’. The modern colloquial use of the word for ‘uproar’ developed in the mid-19th century. => demon
pandemonium (n.)
1667, Pandæmonium, in "Paradise Lost" the name of the palace built in the middle of Hell, "the high capital of Satan and all his peers," coined by John Milton (1608-1674) from Greek pan- "all" (see pan-) + Late Latin daemonium "evil spirit," from Greek daimonion "inferior divine power," from daimon "lesser god" (see demon).
Transferred sense "place of uproar" is from 1779; that of "wild, lawless confusion" is from 1865. Related: Pandemoniac; pandemoniacal; pandemonian; pandemonic.
雙語例句
1. There was pandemonium in court as the judge gave his summing-up.
法官的結案陳詞在法庭上引起一片混亂。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Pandemonium broke out as they ran into the street shouting.
他們叫嚷著衝到大街上，大街上頓時亂作一團。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Pandemonium broke out when the news was announced.
這消息一宣布，立即亂成一片。
來自《權威詞典》
4. The whole lobby was a perfect pandemonium, and the din was terrific.
整個門廳一片嘈雜, 而且喧囂刺耳.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Shrill cries and startled oaths flew up around us as pandemonium broke out.