The books were scattered pell-mell over the floor.
书本凌乱地散置在地上.
flee pell-mell; flee helter-skelter
望风披靡
What are all these fates, driven on pell-mell?
那种凌乱杂沓、横遭蹂躏的生灵算什么呢?
throw away one's shield and armor; fly pell-mell
丢盔卸甲
that they fled away, pell-mell, some here, some there,
有的逃向这边,有的逃向那边;
📖 牛津释义
pell-mell
adv
1 in a hurrying, disorderly manner; headlong 匆忙地; 杂乱地; 仓促地
The children rushed pell-mell down the stairs. 孩子们乱哄哄地冲下楼去.
2 in disorder; untidily 乱糟糟地; 杂乱地
The books were scattered pell-mell over the floor. 书本凌乱地散置在地上.
Among the different types of bee, it is the honey bee that has most interested scientists because of the language they use to communicate with each other.