madhouse ['mæd.haʊs] noun only singular informal disapproving ■a place where there is no order and control 混乱的地方•With four small children running around, the place is a madhouse.有四个小孩到处乱跑,这个地方乱哄哄的。 •He called the government's policy 'the economics of the madhouse'.他称政府的政策是“疯人院经济”。 countable old use * a mental hospital |