1. The shelf contained a pell-mell assortment of English novels.
    那书架上有一批杂乱的英国小说。

1. 乱七八糟：to be promiscunds 泾渭不分 | pell-mell 乱七八糟 | topsy-turvy 七颠八倒

2. (乱七八糟的)：palsy-walsy (要好的), | pell-mell (乱七八糟的), | raggle-taggle (杂色的),

3. pell-mell

3. 混乱：pelitopsammite 泥砂质岩 | pell-mell 混乱 | pellet drillin method 霰弹钻井法

4. 乱七八糟地, 混乱地 杂乱的, 混乱的 乱七八糟, 混乱, 杂乱：solid urethane rubber 固体聚氨酯橡胶 | pell-mell 乱七八糟地, 混乱地 杂乱的, 混乱的 乱七八糟, 混乱, 杂乱 | soft ground tunnelling machine 软地层隧道掘进机

1. 匆忙地；忙乱地；仓促地
    If you move pell-mell somewhere, you move there in a hurried, uncontrolled way.

    e.g. All three of us rushed pell-mell into the kitchen.
           我们三人全都匆忙跑进厨房。

1. with undue hurry and confusion

    e.g. a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause
           a pell-mell dash for the train

    Synonym: helter-skelter

1. in a wild or reckless manner

    e.g. dashing harum-scarum all over the place
           running pell-mell up the stairs

    Synonym: harum-scarum