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

2. Devastation, destruction; esp. in to make havoc, to play havoc (frequently const. with), in which the earlier sense of spoliation or plunder has gradually passed into that of destructive devastation. Also in weakened sense: confusion and disorder, disarray. The phrase to create havoc is also common; see also to work havoc at work v. Phrases 8.

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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation

harryingc900

harrowingc1000

wastinga1300

destructionc1330

harryc1330

wastenessa1382

wastitya1382

desolation1382

unroningnessa1400

wrackc1407

exile1436

havoc1480

hership1487

vastation1545

vastitude1545

sackc1550

population1552

waste1560

ravishment1570

riotingc1580

pull-down1588

desolating1591

degast1592

devastation1603

ravage1611

wracking1611

ravagement1766

herriment1787

carnage1848

wastage1909

enhavocking-

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (intransitive)] > cause devastation

to make stressa1400

to make havoc1480

ravage1604

to work havoca1774

to play (up) old gooseberry1827

to play havoc1910

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [noun] > chaos

havoc1480

chaos?1533

tohu-bohu1619

Tophet1837

carnage1848

choss1937

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > become disordered [verb (intransitive)] > cause disorder

to make havoc1480

to play the devil (also the very devil, the devil and all)1542

to play the dickens1771

to work havoca1774

to play smash1841

to play havoc1910

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 > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > cause great harm to

to play hell (with)1750

to make havoc1812

to play Old Harry with1837

to play the bear1854

to play hell and Tommy1859

to play buggery1898

to play havoc1910

1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxxix. 265 They..slowe al alyens and despoilled al hir goodes and made hauoke.

1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Catech. & Other Pieces (1844) 92 Whole Jewry came to havoc, and finally both destruction and desolation.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Thrasibulus in Panoplie Epist. 202 Make havock of them one with another.

1610 Bible (Douay) II. Ecclus. xxxvi. Comm. By discord al things goe to havocke.

1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi iv. §2. 72 What havock the floud had made.

1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 22 The Scurvy..made a most dreadful Havock among us.

1812 M. E. Bicknell Let. 28 Oct. in J. Constable Corr. (1964) II. 91 You perfectly well know, what terrible havoc it [sc. meeting often] makes with your time.

1868 Ld. Tennyson Lucretius 22 The wicked broth Confused the chemic labour of the blood..Made havock among those tender cells.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 289 The work of William at this time was simple unmitigated havoc.

1900 J. Morley Cromwell i. 3 The thirst after broad classifications works havoc with truth.

1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber i. iv. 129 Terrestrial storms work as much if not greater havoc in the shallow places of the sea as on the land.

1910 G. D. Abraham Mountain Adv. vi. 115 The hot sun, reflected off the snow, played havoc with his complexion.

1934 G. G. Coulton H. W. Fowler 156 He..displayed..anxiety about the havoc made in the projected festivities.

1949 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Nov. 715/2 History has played havoc with their hopes.

1961 J. E. Mansion Harrap's Fr. & Eng. Dict. 705/2 The storm..played havoc with the crops.

1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Several small children can create havoc in a house.

1964 Times 5 Sept. 9/5 Surely one can make up one's mind as to which [political party] would create less havoc if they came to power.

1965 ‘A. Nicol’ Truly Married Woman 24 I have created enough havoc in one afternoon as it is.

1966 B. Kimenye Kalasanda Revisited 86 The fine, dust-like substance enveloped him in a cloud which played havoc with the delicate membranes of his eyes and nose.

1969 Times 25 Mar. 16/1 The noise and clatter of high-revving engines can play havoc with a driver's nerves.

1971 B. Patten Irrelevant Song 32 This creature singled out creates Havoc with intelligence.

单词	to play havoc
释义	> as lemmas to play havoc 2. Devastation, destruction; esp. in to make havoc, to play havoc (frequently const. with), in which the earlier sense of spoliation or plunder has gradually passed into that of destructive devastation. Also in weakened sense: confusion and disorder, disarray. The phrase to create havoc is also common; see also to work havoc at work v. Phrases 8. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation harryingc900 harrowingc1000 wastinga1300 destructionc1330 harryc1330 wastenessa1382 wastitya1382 desolation1382 unroningnessa1400 wrackc1407 exile1436 havoc1480 hership1487 vastation1545 vastitude1545 sackc1550 population1552 waste1560 ravishment1570 riotingc1580 pull-down1588 desolating1591 degast1592 devastation1603 ravage1611 wracking1611 ravagement1766 herriment1787 carnage1848 wastage1909 enhavocking- the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (intransitive)] > cause devastation to make stressa1400 to make havoc1480 ravage1604 to work havoca1774 to play (up) old gooseberry1827 to play havoc1910 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [noun] > chaos havoc1480 chaos?1533 tohu-bohu1619 Tophet1837 carnage1848 choss1937 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > become disordered [verb (intransitive)] > cause disorder to make havoc1480 to play the devil (also the very devil, the devil and all)1542 to play the dickens1771 to work havoca1774 to play smash1841 to play havoc1910 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 > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > cause great harm to to play hell (with)1750 to make havoc1812 to play Old Harry with1837 to play the bear1854 to play hell and Tommy1859 to play buggery1898 to play havoc1910 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxxix. 265 They..slowe al alyens and despoilled al hir goodes and made hauoke. 1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Catech. & Other Pieces (1844) 92 Whole Jewry came to havoc, and finally both destruction and desolation. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Thrasibulus in Panoplie Epist. 202 Make havock of them one with another. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Ecclus. xxxvi. Comm. By discord al things goe to havocke. 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi iv. §2. 72 What havock the floud had made. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 22 The Scurvy..made a most dreadful Havock among us. 1812 M. E. Bicknell Let. 28 Oct. in J. Constable Corr. (1964) II. 91 You perfectly well know, what terrible havoc it [sc. meeting often] makes with your time. 1868 Ld. Tennyson Lucretius 22 The wicked broth Confused the chemic labour of the blood..Made havock among those tender cells. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 289 The work of William at this time was simple unmitigated havoc. 1900 J. Morley Cromwell i. 3 The thirst after broad classifications works havoc with truth. 1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber i. iv. 129 Terrestrial storms work as much if not greater havoc in the shallow places of the sea as on the land. 1910 G. D. Abraham Mountain Adv. vi. 115 The hot sun, reflected off the snow, played havoc with his complexion. 1934 G. G. Coulton H. W. Fowler 156 He..displayed..anxiety about the havoc made in the projected festivities. 1949 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Nov. 715/2 History has played havoc with their hopes. 1961 J. E. Mansion Harrap's Fr. & Eng. Dict. 705/2 The storm..played havoc with the crops. 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Several small children can create havoc in a house. 1964 Times 5 Sept. 9/5 Surely one can make up one's mind as to which [political party] would create less havoc if they came to power. 1965 ‘A. Nicol’ Truly Married Woman 24 I have created enough havoc in one afternoon as it is. 1966 B. Kimenye Kalasanda Revisited 86 The fine, dust-like substance enveloped him in a cloud which played havoc with the delicate membranes of his eyes and nose. 1969 Times 25 Mar. 16/1 The noise and clatter of high-revving engines can play havoc with a driver's nerves. 1971 B. Patten Irrelevant Song 32 This creature singled out creates Havoc with intelligence. extracted from havocn. < as lemmas
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