"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.
实用例句
1. They all pell - melled out of that river.
他们全从那条河仓促地上了岸.
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2. They pell - melled the dead with the living all in one kirk.
他们把死人和活人乱七八糟地混放在一个教堂里.
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3. The money saved will help expand and strengthen the federal Pell Grant program.
