Disarray



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.混乱, 漫无秩序
• ［英］ n.混乱, 漫无秩序 ( an untidy condition; disorder; confusion)
• ［类］ shipshape : disarray / squalid : cleanliness ( 整齐的不杂乱 / 肮脏的不干净)
• ［记］ dis+array ( 排列, 装扮) -> 漫无秩序, array本身是一个单词

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Date: 15th century
• 1. a lack of order or sequence ; confusion, disorder <the room was in disarray>
• 2. disorderly dress ; dishabille

II. transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English disarayen, from Anglo-French desaraier, from des- dis- + arraier to array
• Date: 14th century
• 1. to throw into disorder
• 2. undress

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