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pellmell ad. 乱七八糟地,凌乱地,猛烈地
a. 胡乱的,混乱的
n. 乱七八糟,混乱,杂乱 Pall- mall \ Pall`- mall"\, n. [ OF. palemail, It. pallamagio; palla a ball ( of German origin, akin to E. ball) magio hammer, fr. L. malleus. See 1st { Ball}, and { Mall} a beetle.] A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall. [ Written also { pail- mail} and { pell- mell}.] -- Sir K. Digby. -- Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster]
Pell- mell \ Pell`- mell"\, n. See { Pall- mall}. [ 1913 Webster]
Pellmell \ Pell` mell"\, adv. [ F. p[^ e] le- m[^ e] le, prob. fr. pelle a shovel m[^ e] ler to mix, as when different kinds of grain are heaped up and mixed with a shovel. See { Pell} shovel, { Medley}.] In utter confusion; with confused violence. " Men, horses, chariots, crowded pellmell." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 46 Moby Thesaurus words for " pell- mell": bedlam, brouhaha, chaos, chaotic, chaotically, commotion, confused, confusedly, confusion, disorder, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, excitement, feverish, feverishly, hastily, hasty, helter- skelter, hubbub, hurried, hurriedly, impetuous, impetuously, impulsive, impulsively, incautious, incautiously, mad, melee, pandemonium, panicky, precipitate, precipitately, rash, rashly, reckless, recklessly, slap- bang, slapdash, spontaneously, tumult, tumultuous, turmoil, wild, wildly
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