melee
/ˈmeleɪ/noun
1- a confused fight, skirmish, or scuffle混战; 冲突; 扭打：
several people were hurt in the melee.
好几个人在混战中受了伤。
1.1
- a confused mass of people混乱的人群：
the melee of people that were always thronging the streets.
总是拥塞街道的混乱人群。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from French mêlée, from an Old French variant of meslee （see MEDLEY）.