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bedlam 音标拼音: [b'ɛdləm] n. 混乱,骚乱,疯人院 混乱,骚乱,疯人院 bedlam n 1: a state of extreme confusion and disorder [ synonym: { chaos}, { pandemonium}, { bedlam}, { topsy- turvydom}, { topsy- turvyness}] 2: pejorative terms for an insane asylum [ synonym: { Bedlam}, { booby hatch}, { crazy house}, { cuckoo' s nest}, { funny farm}, { funny house}, { loony bin}, { madhouse}, { nut house}, { nuthouse}, { sanatorium}, { snake pit}] Bethlehem \ Beth" le* hem\, n. [ Heb. b[= e] th- lekhem house of food; b[= e] th house lekhem food, l[= a] kham to eat. Formerly the name of a hospital for the insane, in London, which had been the priory of St. Mary of Bethlehem. Cf. { Bedlam}.] 1. A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into { bedlam}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Arch.) In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made. -- Audsley. [ 1913 Webster] Bethlehemite
Bedlam \ Bed" lam\, n. [ See { Bethlehem}.] 1. A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse. -- Abp. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster] 2. An insane person; a lunatic; a madman. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Let' s get the bedlam to lead him. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Any place where uproar and confusion prevail. [ 1913 Webster]
Bedlam \ Bed" lam\, a. Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse. " The bedlam, brainsick duchess." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 67 Moby Thesaurus words for " bedlam": Babel, Bedlam let loose, asylum, blast, bobbery, brawl, brouhaha, bughouse, cacophony, chaos, charivari, chirm, clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, commotion, confusion, confusion of tongues, din, discord, donnybrook, drunken brawl, dustup, flap, fracas, free- for- all, hell, hell broke loose, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, insane asylum, jangle, loud noise, lunatic asylum, madhouse, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, noise, noise and shouting, nuthouse, outcry, padded cell, pandemonium, psychiatric ward, psychopathic hospital, racket, rattle, rhubarb, roar, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, shindy, shivaree, static, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, tumult, turmoil, uproar
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