单词 | melée |
释义 | meléemel·ée /ˈmeleɪ $ ˈmeɪleɪ, meɪˈleɪ/ noun [countableC usually singular] CROWDa situation in which a lot of people rush around in a confused way 〔人们四处乱窜的〕混乱局面 Luckily no one was hurt in the melée. 幸好无人在混乱中受伤。 Examples from the Corpus melée• Eight people were arrested after a melée broke out at the conference.• It was the brothers' intention to disappear in the ensuing melée.• This is rarely possible, for chimps join in an excited melée as soon as a killing occurs.• Another one snapped out of the melée around Hrun and caught him around the waist. (1600-1700) French mêlée, from Old French mesler; → MEDDLE |
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