| 词汇 | madhouse |
| 释义 | madhouse noun uk /ˈmæd.haʊs/ us /ˈmæd.haʊs/ [ S ]informaldisapproving a place where there is no order and control: 混乱的地方 With four small children running around, the place is a madhouse.有4个小孩到处乱跑，这个地方乱哄哄的。 He called the government's policy "the economics of the madhouse".他称政府的政策是“疯人院经济”。 [ C ]old use a mental hospital精神病医院 Social order & disorder anarchic anarchism anarchist anarchistic anarchy bedlam disorganization disorganized disturb ferment free-for-all havoc instability riot rioting riotousness social exclusion strife turbulence turbulent You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Medical places & organizations madhouse | American Dictionarymadhouse noun[ C ] us/ˈmædˌhɑʊs/ a place that is wild and noisy, with too many activities going on: I can’t study here, this place is a madhouse! Examples of madhousemadhouse If men could not control their wives at home, and within the institution of marriage, then the institution of the private madhouse was at hand. The setting for the story is a mental institution or madhouse that allows for the mixing of reality and fantasy, of time and place. Surely, being in a private madhouse had less scandal than a workhouse. Their reception at the madhouse was telling. Surely, to subsidise your economic competitors is the economics of the madhouse! From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I do not think anyone in a madhouse would have considered such over-centralisation as we have here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely that is the economy of the madhouse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think any person outside a madhouse would make such a statement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are the economics of the madhouse and t ! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is not that the commercial freedom of the madhouse? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely those are the economics of the madhouse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The end of the madhouse that surrounds closing time will generally be welcomed by the police and the law-abiding public alike. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In one sense, we are talking about the economics of the madhouse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Threats of cuts were based on the economics of the madhouse as opposed to those of reality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anybody can be forgiven for believing that he is living in a madhouse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of madhouse These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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