bedlam
['bɛdləm]
n. 混乱, 闹, 疯院

[医] 精神病院, 精神病

1. What's happening in that room? It's (like) bedlam in there.
   那房里怎麽? 乱哄哄.
2. He was sent to the bedlam for treatment.
   被送疯院治疗。
3. When the moment arrives bedlam breaks forth.
   新刹那，闹声骤起。

bedlam
[ noun ]

1. a state of extreme confusion and disorder

<noun.state>

2. pejorative terms for an insane asylum

<noun.artifact>

Bedlam \Bed"lam\, a.
Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse. ``The bedlam, brainsick
duchess.'' --Shak.


Bedlam \Bed"lam\, n. [See {Bethlehem}.]
1. A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the
insane; a madhouse. --Abp. Tillotson.

2. An insane person; a lunatic; a madman. [Obs.]

Let's get the bedlam to lead him. --Shak.

3. Any place where uproar and confusion prevail.


Bethlehem \Beth"le*hem\, n. [Heb. b[=e]th-lekhem house of food;
b[=e]th house + lekhem food, l[=a]kham to eat. Formerly the
name of a hospital for the insane, in London, which had been
the priory of St. Mary of Bethlehem. Cf. {Bedlam}.]
1. A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into {bedlam}.

2. (Arch.) In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached
to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist
is made. --Audsley.