| 单词 | in disarray |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (also into) disarray 1. The state or condition of being out of normal order; disorder, confusion. Also: an instance of this. Frequently in in (also into) disarray. Cf. deray n. 1a, 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [noun] derayc1300 disray13.. disordinancec1374 unordaininga1382 perturbationa1398 disarrayc1410 misordera1513 disorder1530 confusionc1540 mistemper1549 indisposition1598 ataxy1615 disordination1626 indigestion1630 tumble1634 discomposure1641 incomposure1644 dyscrasy1647 dislocation1659 disarrayment1661 disjuncture1683 rack and manger1687 rantum-scantum1695 derangement1737 disarrangement1790 misarray1810 havoc1812 unhingement1817 mingle-mangleness1827 bedevilment1843 higgledy-piggledyness1854 ramshackledom1897 inchoateness1976 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [noun] > state of being disarranged disray13.. disarrayc1410 disordering1523 disorder1530 discomposture1622 discomposure1641 disarrangement1790 misarray1810 c1410 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Harl. 7334) (1885) §927 Þer as þe womman haþ þe maistry sche makith to moche disaray [c1405 Ellesmere desray, c1425 Petworth disaraye, c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 disray]. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 41 They tourned their back & put hem to flyght and disaroye. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xv. 354 I wolde not for noo good that rowlande & olivere..sholde fynde vs in dysaray. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 214/1 Disarey, out of order, desaroy. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxviii. 2 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 78 His very face shall cast On all his haters flight and disarray. 1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 53 The armed foot must needs be brought out of order.., and in this disarray there would be no great vse of them. 1664 S. Pepys Diary 27 Mar. (1971) V. 101 So much is this city subject to be put into a disarray upon very small occasions. 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiv. 19 Dire Disarray! the Tumult of the Fight. 1783 J. Hoole tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso II. xvi. 223 Soon shall I lead your victor-bands to throw In disarray the legions of the foe. 1818 H. H. Milman Samor ii. 32 As clouds..Gather their blackening disarray to burst Upon some mountain turret. 1882 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant (new ed.) II. 181 The wild confused crowd of leaping and struggling figures, in a strange and ghastly disarray. 1927 L. Bromfield Good Woman iii. 281 Her hat had slipped to the back of her head and her hair had fallen into disarray. 1978 Texas Monthly Feb. 18/2 A bulletin board filled with snapshots..and the general disarray contribute to the all-in-the-family air of this Tex-Mex cafe. 2013 Daily Mail (Nexis) 18 July All the plans I'd had for my life were thrown into disarray when I became pregnant with the twins. < as lemmas |
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