"a parchment," mid-15c., earlier "skin, hide" (mid-14c.), from Anglo-French pell, Old French pel "skin" (13c., Modern French peau), from Latin pellem, pellis "skin, leather, parchment, hide" (see film (n.)).
双语例句
1. All three of us rushed pell-mell into the kitchen.
我们三人全都匆忙跑进厨房。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The shelf contained a pell - mell assortment of English novels.
那书架上有一批杂乱的英国小说.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3. They all pell - melled out of that river.
他们全从那条河仓促地上了岸.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4. The enemy fled pell - mell before us.
敌人仓皇逃窜.
来自辞典例句
5. Men on horseback dashed out of side streets pell - mell down Peachtree toward Hood's headquarters.