请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 chance-medleys
释义

chance-medley

noun

chance-med·​ley ˈchan(t)s-ˈmed-lē How to pronounce chance-medley (audio)
1
: accidental homicide not entirely without fault of the killer but without evil intent
2
: haphazard action : confusion

Synonyms

  • chaos
  • confusion
  • disarrangement
  • disarray
  • dishevelment
  • disorder
  • disorderedness
  • disorderliness
  • disorganization
  • free-for-all
  • havoc
  • heck
  • hell
  • jumble
  • mare's nest
  • mess
  • messiness
  • misorder
  • muddle
  • muss
  • shambles
  • snake pit
  • tumble
  • welter
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Word History

Etymology

Anglo-French chance medlée mingled chance

First Known Use

circa 1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1

chance-medleys

noun

plural of chance-medley
as in chaoses
a state in which everything is out of order priceless artworks that disappeared in the chance-medley of World War II's closing days

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • chaoses
  • jumbles
  • hells
  • disorganizations
  • messes
  • disarrays
  • snake pits
  • disorders
  • dishevelments
  • mares' nests
  • confusions
  • mare's nests
  • misorders
  • disarrangements
  • tangles
  • misrules
  • shambles
  • hecks
  • havoc
  • welters
  • musses
  • tumbles
  • muddles
  • riots
  • clutters
  • mazes
  • labyrinths
  • free-for-alls
  • anarchies
  • motleys
  • snarls
  • maelstroms
  • bollixes
  • knots
  • webs
  • shuffles
  • medleys
  • storms
  • hodgepodges
  • litters
  • mishmashes
  • miscellanies
  • morasses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • plans
  • methods
  • systems
  • orders
  • patterns
随便看

 

英语词典包含469781条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/21 17:23:28