Definition of melee in English:

melee

nounˈmɛleɪ

1A confused fight or scuffle.
混战；冲突；扭打
several people were hurt in the melee
好几个人在混战中受了伤。
Example sentencesExamples
- Curious tourists and reporters were often trapped in the melees.
- After the initial charge, both lines are broken, and the battle degenerates into a chaotic melee.
- ‘When people take to the battlefield it becomes a melee of killing and being killed,’ he says.
- The fight soon degenerated into a bloody melee, each man for himself.
- When battles do occur, they usually turn into confused melees.
- My family and I have been woken in the early hours by football chants, fights and general melees on occasions too numerous to recall.
- In the melee, the iron railing leading to the park's entrance on Cipero Street broke, causing fans to fall on top of each other.
- Carlisle says his wife Linda was hit with a fist in the melee.
- He described two fights within the extended melee outside the nightclub.
- For some reason, perhaps to differentiate rugby melees from all the other tussles, the word evolved into ‘scrummage’ with a U.
- We see the use of lances with hooks, to unhorse an opponent, but there is little mounted archery, and too much man-to-man sword fighting in small, confused melees.
- Amelia ducked and rolled to the side to avoid being impaled by Breanne's rapier, the fight now a melee.
- Both Cork goals were scored from melees in front of the posts and both were controversial.
- People panicked and stampeded, blows rained down, people fell and hurt themselves in the melee.
- Another person involved in the melee was jailed for violent disorder after his trial for murder collapsed.
- In a melee, the combat becomes very strategic and each player can handle the combat in a different manner.
- Then the fight became a full-on melee as the crowd found its nerve and joined the fray.
- We're asked to believe that his post-match melees leave him merely bruised, when he would most likely be eating his meals through a straw.
- They managed to retrieve their son from the melee and, with a struggle, reached the safety of their home.
- Several melees broke out on the field as the game threatened to spill over into all out violence.
Synonyms
tumult, disturbance, rumpus, commotion, disorder
brawl, fracas, fight, affray, fray, scuffle, breach of the peace, struggle, skirmish, free-for-all, tussle, quarrel
Irish, North American, &amp Australian donnybrook
West Indian bangarang
informal scrap, set-to, ruction, shindy, shindig, punch-up, dust-up
Scottish informal rammy
North American informal rough house
archaic broil, bagarre
1. 1.1 A confused crowd of people.
  混乱的人群
  the melee of people that were always thronging the streets
  总是拥塞街道的混乱人群。
  Example sentencesExamples
  With a melee of artists, dancers, musicians and bands, the crowds gathered to enjoy the sunshine and take part in the festivities.
  Prague by day is a melee of tourists, heads cocked skyward, nodding in disbelief at yet another beautiful building.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French mêlée, from an Old French variant of meslee (see medley).

medley from Middle English:
A medley was originally a fight, and is the same word as melee (mid 16th century), ‘a confused fight or scuffle’. The source is French, and goes back to Latin misculare ‘to mix’, the source of mix (see mash) and related to meddle (Middle English). The mixing and mingling of combatants in hand-to-hand fighting led to medley having a variety of uses that involve a mixture of parts. It was applied to a collection of songs or tunes performed as a continuous piece in the 17th century, and the swimming event with each part involving a different stroke appeared in the 1920s.

Rhymes

pappardelle, Pelé

Definition of melee in US English:

melee

(also mêlée)

noun

1A confused fight, skirmish, or scuffle.
混战；冲突；扭打
several people were hurt in the melee
好几个人在混战中受了伤。
Example sentencesExamples
- In a melee, the combat becomes very strategic and each player can handle the combat in a different manner.
- ‘When people take to the battlefield it becomes a melee of killing and being killed,’ he says.
- For some reason, perhaps to differentiate rugby melees from all the other tussles, the word evolved into ‘scrummage’ with a U.
- Carlisle says his wife Linda was hit with a fist in the melee.
- We see the use of lances with hooks, to unhorse an opponent, but there is little mounted archery, and too much man-to-man sword fighting in small, confused melees.
- People panicked and stampeded, blows rained down, people fell and hurt themselves in the melee.
- Both Cork goals were scored from melees in front of the posts and both were controversial.
- Curious tourists and reporters were often trapped in the melees.
- My family and I have been woken in the early hours by football chants, fights and general melees on occasions too numerous to recall.
- In the melee, the iron railing leading to the park's entrance on Cipero Street broke, causing fans to fall on top of each other.
- We're asked to believe that his post-match melees leave him merely bruised, when he would most likely be eating his meals through a straw.
- Then the fight became a full-on melee as the crowd found its nerve and joined the fray.
- Several melees broke out on the field as the game threatened to spill over into all out violence.
- The fight soon degenerated into a bloody melee, each man for himself.
- When battles do occur, they usually turn into confused melees.
- He described two fights within the extended melee outside the nightclub.
- They managed to retrieve their son from the melee and, with a struggle, reached the safety of their home.
- After the initial charge, both lines are broken, and the battle degenerates into a chaotic melee.
- Another person involved in the melee was jailed for violent disorder after his trial for murder collapsed.
- Amelia ducked and rolled to the side to avoid being impaled by Breanne's rapier, the fight now a melee.
Synonyms
tumult, disturbance, rumpus, commotion, disorder
1. 1.1 A confused mass of people.
  混乱的人群
  the melee of people that was always thronging the streets
  总是拥塞街道的混乱人群。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Prague by day is a melee of tourists, heads cocked skyward, nodding in disbelief at yet another beautiful building.
  With a melee of artists, dancers, musicians and bands, the crowds gathered to enjoy the sunshine and take part in the festivities.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French mêlée, from an Old French variant of meslee (see medley).

词汇	melee
释义	Definition of melee in English: melee nounˈmɛleɪ 1A confused fight or scuffle. 混战；冲突；扭打 several people were hurt in the melee 好几个人在混战中受了伤。 Example sentencesExamples Curious tourists and reporters were often trapped in the melees. After the initial charge, both lines are broken, and the battle degenerates into a chaotic melee. ‘When people take to the battlefield it becomes a melee of killing and being killed,’ he says. The fight soon degenerated into a bloody melee, each man for himself. When battles do occur, they usually turn into confused melees. My family and I have been woken in the early hours by football chants, fights and general melees on occasions too numerous to recall. In the melee, the iron railing leading to the park's entrance on Cipero Street broke, causing fans to fall on top of each other. Carlisle says his wife Linda was hit with a fist in the melee. He described two fights within the extended melee outside the nightclub. For some reason, perhaps to differentiate rugby melees from all the other tussles, the word evolved into ‘scrummage’ with a U. We see the use of lances with hooks, to unhorse an opponent, but there is little mounted archery, and too much man-to-man sword fighting in small, confused melees. Amelia ducked and rolled to the side to avoid being impaled by Breanne's rapier, the fight now a melee. Both Cork goals were scored from melees in front of the posts and both were controversial. People panicked and stampeded, blows rained down, people fell and hurt themselves in the melee. Another person involved in the melee was jailed for violent disorder after his trial for murder collapsed. In a melee, the combat becomes very strategic and each player can handle the combat in a different manner. Then the fight became a full-on melee as the crowd found its nerve and joined the fray. We're asked to believe that his post-match melees leave him merely bruised, when he would most likely be eating his meals through a straw. They managed to retrieve their son from the melee and, with a struggle, reached the safety of their home. Several melees broke out on the field as the game threatened to spill over into all out violence. Synonyms tumult, disturbance, rumpus, commotion, disorder brawl, fracas, fight, affray, fray, scuffle, breach of the peace, struggle, skirmish, free-for-all, tussle, quarrel Irish, North American, &amp Australian donnybrook West Indian bangarang informal scrap, set-to, ruction, shindy, shindig, punch-up, dust-up Scottish informal rammy North American informal rough house archaic broil, bagarre 1.1 A confused crowd of people. 混乱的人群 the melee of people that were always thronging the streets 总是拥塞街道的混乱人群。 Example sentencesExamples With a melee of artists, dancers, musicians and bands, the crowds gathered to enjoy the sunshine and take part in the festivities. Prague by day is a melee of tourists, heads cocked skyward, nodding in disbelief at yet another beautiful building. Origin Mid 17th century: from French mêlée, from an Old French variant of meslee (see medley). medley from Middle English: A medley was originally a fight, and is the same word as melee (mid 16th century), ‘a confused fight or scuffle’. The source is French, and goes back to Latin misculare ‘to mix’, the source of mix (see mash) and related to meddle (Middle English). The mixing and mingling of combatants in hand-to-hand fighting led to medley having a variety of uses that involve a mixture of parts. It was applied to a collection of songs or tunes performed as a continuous piece in the 17th century, and the swimming event with each part involving a different stroke appeared in the 1920s. Rhymes pappardelle, Pelé Definition of melee in US English: melee (also mêlée) noun 1A confused fight, skirmish, or scuffle. 混战；冲突；扭打 several people were hurt in the melee 好几个人在混战中受了伤。 Example sentencesExamples In a melee, the combat becomes very strategic and each player can handle the combat in a different manner. ‘When people take to the battlefield it becomes a melee of killing and being killed,’ he says. For some reason, perhaps to differentiate rugby melees from all the other tussles, the word evolved into ‘scrummage’ with a U. Carlisle says his wife Linda was hit with a fist in the melee. We see the use of lances with hooks, to unhorse an opponent, but there is little mounted archery, and too much man-to-man sword fighting in small, confused melees. People panicked and stampeded, blows rained down, people fell and hurt themselves in the melee. Both Cork goals were scored from melees in front of the posts and both were controversial. Curious tourists and reporters were often trapped in the melees. My family and I have been woken in the early hours by football chants, fights and general melees on occasions too numerous to recall. In the melee, the iron railing leading to the park's entrance on Cipero Street broke, causing fans to fall on top of each other. We're asked to believe that his post-match melees leave him merely bruised, when he would most likely be eating his meals through a straw. Then the fight became a full-on melee as the crowd found its nerve and joined the fray. Several melees broke out on the field as the game threatened to spill over into all out violence. The fight soon degenerated into a bloody melee, each man for himself. When battles do occur, they usually turn into confused melees. He described two fights within the extended melee outside the nightclub. They managed to retrieve their son from the melee and, with a struggle, reached the safety of their home. After the initial charge, both lines are broken, and the battle degenerates into a chaotic melee. Another person involved in the melee was jailed for violent disorder after his trial for murder collapsed. Amelia ducked and rolled to the side to avoid being impaled by Breanne's rapier, the fight now a melee. Synonyms tumult, disturbance, rumpus, commotion, disorder 1.1 A confused mass of people. 混乱的人群 the melee of people that was always thronging the streets 总是拥塞街道的混乱人群。 Example sentencesExamples Prague by day is a melee of tourists, heads cocked skyward, nodding in disbelief at yet another beautiful building. With a melee of artists, dancers, musicians and bands, the crowds gathered to enjoy the sunshine and take part in the festivities. Origin Mid 17th century: from French mêlée, from an Old French variant of meslee (see medley).
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