【bedlam】 - AEAS备考词汇

bedlam

UK:  ['bedləm]

US:  ['bedləm]

复数：bedlams  

n.

1.疯人院,精神病院

2.英国伦敦东南部圣母马利亚疯人院的俗称

3.喧闹;吵闹的地方;疯狂状态

4.喧闹不堪

5.〔医〕精神病院

1 . World's first mental hospital opens in London. It was called Bethlehem Royal Hospital, but soon became commonly known as 'Bedlam. '
伦敦开设世界首家精神病院。名叫伯利恒皇家医院，但很快被人们俗称为“疯人院”。

2 . What kind of a pandemonium that vessel was, I cannot describe, but she was commanded a lunatic, and might be called a floating Bedlam.
那艘船处于怎样的一片混乱中，我无法形容，但它的确在一个精神错乱者的指挥之下，可以称之为一所浮动的疯人院。

3 . There is an old lady in a bedlam, she always wearing black clothes, sitting in front of the bedlam's gate with a black umbrella.
精神病院里有一位老太太，整天穿着黑衣服，打着黑雨伞蹲在精神病院门口。

4 . Then, he wears black clothes, and also sitting in front of the bedlam's gate with a black umbrella.
于是，他也穿着黑衣服，打着黑雨伞蹲在神经病院门口。

5 . As for the military virtues, "thebest thing you can do with 'em is hang them on the wall in Bedlam. "
就军人品德而言，“对敌人能做的最好的善事就是趁着混乱把他们钉死在墙上。”