[mass noun]violent or damaging disorder; chaos 骚乱,暴乱;混乱 complete mayhem broke out. 全面骚乱爆发了。 ■(Law, chiefly historical)the crime of maliciously injuring or maiming someone, originally so as to render the victim defenceless (律 主史)故意伤害罪
语源
early 16th cent.: from Old French mayhem (see maim). The sense 'disorder, chaos' (originally US) dates from the late 19th cent