madhouse

英 [ˈmædhaʊs]

美 [ˈmædhaʊs]

n. 混乱吵闹的地方; 疯人院; 精神病院

复数：madhouses　

BNC.24589 / COCA.28005

牛津词典

noun

混乱吵闹的地方
a place where there is confusion and noise
1. Don't work in that department; it's a madhouse.
  别在那个部门工作，那里太乱。
疯人院；精神病院
a hospital for people who are mentally ill

N-COUNT 乱哄哄的地方；喧闹的场所
If you describe a place or situation as amadhouse, you mean that it is full of confusion and noise.
1. That place is a madhouse.
  那个地方乱哄哄的。
精神病院；疯人院
Amadhouseis a mental hospital.

noun

It is Solomon de Cares, the discoverer of the power of steam, whose theory, expressed in dark words, is not understood by Richelieu; and he dies in the madhouse.
这就是所罗门•德•凯尔瑞兹，正是他发现了蒸汽机，因为他的理论表述晦涩难懂，红衣主教黎塞留一时读不懂，竟将他关死在疯人院里。
Disapproving several planes were cancelled, there were passengers and baggage everywhere& the airport lounge was like a madhouse.
几架航班被取消，到处都是乘客和行李&候机大厅乱成了一锅粥。
They were put in the madhouse.
他们被关入疯人院。
His mother died in the madhouse, too.
他妈妈也死在精神病院。
I'd be careful down there, guys. it's a madhouse.
小心一点，那边一片混乱。
Otis, it's a madhouse! Isn't it just great?
奥蒂斯，像个疯人院！不错吧？
This place will be a madhouse when all the kids arrive.
当所有的小孩到来后，这地方就将变得乱哄哄的了。
The store is an absolute madhouse during the pre-Christmas period.
在圣诞节前这段时间里，该商店是个疯人院。
That place is a madhouse.
那个地方乱哄哄的。
He called government policy'the economics of the madhouse '.
他把政府政策称为“疯人院的经济政策”。