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.