late 15c., from Anglo-French maihem (13c.), from Old French mahaigne "injury, wrong, a hurt, harm, damage;" related to mahaignier "to injure, wound, mutilate, cripple" (see maim). Originally, in law, the crime of maiming a person "to make him less able to defend himself or annoy his adversary" [OED].
雙語例句
1. It was a period of collective insanity, of legalized murder and mayhem.
那是個(gè)集體喪失理智、謀殺與暴力合法化的時(shí)期。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Set in contemporary Dublin, this pacy thriller features kidnapping, mayhem and murder.