madhouse

英 [ˈmædhaʊs]

美 [ˈmædhaʊs]

n.  混乱吵闹的地方; 疯人院; 精神病院

复数：madhouses　

BNC.24589 / COCA.28005

牛津词典

noun

• 混乱吵闹的地方
  a place where there is confusion and noise
  1. Don't work in that department; it's a madhouse.
     别在那个部门工作，那里太乱。
• 疯人院；精神病院
  a hospital for people who are mentally ill

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 乱哄哄的地方；喧闹的场所
  If you describe a place or situation as amadhouse, you mean that it is full of confusion and noise.
  1. That place is a madhouse.
     那个地方乱哄哄的。
• 精神病院；疯人院
  Amadhouseis a mental hospital.

英英释义

noun

• pejorative terms for an insane asylum
  Synonym:Bedlambooby hatchcrazy housecuckoo's nestfunny farmfunny houseloony binnut housenuthousesanatoriumsnake pit

双语例句

• Otis, it's a madhouse! Isn't it just great?
  奥蒂斯，像个疯人院！不错吧？
• This classroom is a madhouse: be quiet!
  这教室乱哄哄的，安静点儿！
• Don't work in that department; it's a madhouse.
  别在那个部门工作，那里太乱。
• Confound it! The bloody Bank of England is a madhouse!
  妈的！这该死的英格兰银行真是一团糟！
• It is Solomon de Cares, the discoverer of the power of steam, whose theory, expressed in dark words, is not understood by Richelieu; and he dies in the madhouse.
  这就是所罗门•德•凯尔瑞兹，正是他发现了蒸汽机，因为他的理论表述晦涩难懂，红衣主教黎塞留一时读不懂，竟将他关死在疯人院里。
• But the world was still a madhouse of I-wants and I-needs fighting one another.
  但是这个世界依然是个人人自我中心，尔虞我诈，充满争斗的精神病院。
• This place will be a madhouse when all the kids arrive.
  当所有的小孩到来后，这地方就将变得乱哄哄的了。
• As we marched past the madhouse, two or three elderly inmates gibbered 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。
• Disapproving several planes were cancelled, there were passengers and baggage everywhere& the airport lounge was like a madhouse.
  几架航班被取消，到处都是乘客和行李&候机大厅乱成了一锅粥。
• The store is an absolute madhouse during the pre-Christmas period.
  在圣诞节前这段时间里，该商店是个疯人院。