pell-mell

• n. 混亂；雜亂；亂七八糟
• adj. 混亂的；雜亂的
• adv. 混亂地；亂七八糟地

此處pell為mell韻律重復(fù)詞，來(lái)自古法語(yǔ)mesler,混合，混亂，來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)miscere,混合，詞源同miscellany,mix.引申詞義混亂的，匆忙的，倉(cāng)促的。

pell-mell (adv.)

"confusedly," 1570s, from Middle French pêle-mêle, from Old French pesle mesle (12c.), apparently a jingling rhyme on the second element, which is from the stem of the verb mesler "to mix, mingle" (see meddle). Phonetic French form pelly melly is attested in English from mid-15c.

1. They all pell - melled out of that river.

他們?nèi)珡哪菞l河倉(cāng)促地上了岸.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

2. They pell - melled the dead with the living all in one kirk.

他們把死人和活人亂七八糟地混放在一個(gè)教堂里.

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3. The money saved will help expand and strengthen the federal Pell Grant program.

節(jié)省下來(lái)的這些錢(qián)將用于擴(kuò)大和加強(qiáng)聯(lián)邦佩爾助學(xué)金計(jì)劃的實(shí)施.

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