madhouse
英 ['mædhaʊs]
美['mædhaʊs]
- n. 精神病院；极为吵闹的场所
词态变化
复数: madhouses;
中文词源
madhouse 疯人院
比喻用法。
英英释意
- 1. pejorative terms for an insane asylum
英文词源
- madhouse (n.)
- 1680s, from mad + house (n.). Figurative use by 1919.
实用场景例句
- Don't work in that department; it's a madhouse.
- 别在那个部门工作，那里太乱。
牛津词典
- That place is a madhouse.
- 那个地方乱哄哄的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- It is easy to understand why he is in the madhouse.
- 很容易明白他为什么在精神病院.
期刊摘选
- This classroom is a madhouse: be quiet!
- 这教室 乱哄哄 的,安静点儿!
期刊摘选
- The office is a madhouse.
- 那办公室真(是个)混乱[吵闹](的地方).
期刊摘选
- As we marched past the madhouse, two or three elderly and mouthed politely behind the railings.
- 当我们走过疯人院时, 两三个年老的疯子在栏杆后面客客气气地嘟囔着一些毫无意义的话.
期刊摘选
- Therefore the whole world becomes a madhouse.
- 于是世界变成了一个疯人院.
期刊摘选
- He was like a lunatic reigning in a madhouse over an imaginary kingdom.
- 他好似一个在疯人院里统治着一个想象王国的精神病人.
辞典例句
- Don't work in that department; it's a madhouse.
- 别在那个部门工作，那里太乱。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- That place is a madhouse.
- 那个地方乱哄哄的。
柯林斯例句