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.
双语例句
1. There was pandemonium in court as the judge gave his summing-up.
法官的结案陈词在法庭上引起一片混乱。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Pandemonium broke out as they ran into the street shouting.
他们叫嚷着冲到大街上，大街上顿时乱作一团。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Pandemonium broke out when the news was announced.
这消息一宣布，立即乱成一片。
来自《权威词典》
4. The whole lobby was a perfect pandemonium, and the din was terrific.
整个门厅一片嘈杂, 而且喧嚣刺耳.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. Shrill cries and startled oaths flew up around us as pandemonium broke out.
