madhouse
英 [ˈmæd.haʊs]
美 [ˈmæd.haʊs]
- n. 精神病院；极为吵闹的场所
中文词源
madhouse 疯人院
比喻用法。
英语词源
- madhouse (n.)
- 1680s, from mad + house (n.). Figurative use by 1919.
权威例句
- 1. That place is a madhouse.
- 那个地方乱哄哄的。
- 2. Don't work in that department; it's a madhouse.
- 别在那个部门工作，那里太乱。
- 3. 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.
- 4. 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.
- 5. 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.