"confusedly," 1570s, from Middle French pêle-mêle, from Old French pesle mesle (12c.), apparently a jingling rhyme on the second element, which is from the stem of the verb mesler "to mix, mingle" (see meddle). Phonetic French form pelly melly is attested in English from mid-15c.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. They all pell - melled out of that river.
他們?nèi)珡哪菞l河倉(cāng)促地上了岸.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
2. They pell - melled the dead with the living all in one kirk.
他們把死人和活人亂七八糟地混放在一個(gè)教堂里.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. The money saved will help expand and strengthen the federal Pell Grant program.