Shambles



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.凌乱景象;杂乱无章
• ［英］ n.凌乱景象;杂乱无章 ( complete disorder or ruin; wreck; mess)
• ［例］ The room was a shambles after the dinner party. ( 宴会后房间里乱七八糟)

Webster Collegiate

noun plural but singular or plural in construction

• Etymology: Middle English shameles, plural of schamel vendor's table, footstool, from Old English sceamol stool, from Latin scamillum, diminutive of scamnum stool, bench; perhaps akin to Sanskrit skambha pillar
• Date: 15th century
• 1. archaic a meat market
• 2. slaughterhouse
• 3.
  • a. a place of mass slaughter or bloodshed <the battlefield became a shambles>
  • b. a scene or a state of great destruction ; wreckage <the city was a shambles after the bombing>
  • c.
    • (1) a scene or a state of great disorder or confusion <an economy in shambles>
    • (2) great confusion ; mess

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