bedlam

noun
🔊/ˈbedləm/
🔊/ˈbedləm/
[uncountable]
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  1. a very noisy and confusing scene 混乱嘈杂的场面synonym chaos
    • It was bedlam at our house on the morning of the wedding.婚礼的那天早上,我们家闹哄哄的。🔊🔊
    Word Originlate Middle English: early form of Bethlehem, referring to the hospital of St Mary of Bethlehem in London, used as an asylum for the insane.