英语词汇“shambles”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sham·bles

(shămbəlz)

pl.n. (used with a sing. verb)

a. A scene or condition of complete disorder or ruin: "The economy was in a shambles" (W. Bruce Lincoln).

b. Great clutter or jumble; a total mess: made dinner and left the kitchen a shambles.

a. A place or scene of bloodshed or carnage.

b. A scene or condition of great devastation.

3. A slaughterhouse.

4. Archaic A meat market or butcher shop.

[From Middle English shamel, shambil, place where meat is butchered and sold, from Old English sceamol, table, counter (as one on which items for sale are placed), from Latin scabillum, scamillum, diminutive of scamnum, bench, stool.]

单词	shambles
释义	sham·bles (shămbəlz) pl.n. (used with a sing. verb) 1. a. A scene or condition of complete disorder or ruin: "The economy was in a shambles" (W. Bruce Lincoln). b. Great clutter or jumble; a total mess: made dinner and left the kitchen a shambles. 2. a. A place or scene of bloodshed or carnage. b. A scene or condition of great devastation. 3. A slaughterhouse. 4. Archaic A meat market or butcher shop. [From Middle English shamel, shambil, place where meat is butchered and sold, from Old English sceamol, table, counter (as one on which items for sale are placed), from Latin scabillum, scamillum, diminutive of scamnum, bench, stool.]
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