shambles

sham·bles

S0315000 (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.

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[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.]

shambles

(ˈʃæmbəlz) n (functioning as singular or plural) 1. a place of great disorder: the room was a shambles after the party. 2. (Agriculture) a place where animals are brought to be slaughtered3. any place of slaughter or carnage4. (Commerce) dialect Brit a row of covered stalls or shops where goods, originally meat, are sold[C14 shamble table used by meat vendors, from Old English sceamel stool, from Late Latin scamellum a small bench, from Latin scamnum stool]

sham•bles

(ˈʃæm bəlz)
n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) 1. a slaughterhouse. 2. any place of carnage. 3. any scene of destruction. 4. a place or condition of great disorder. [before 900; Old English sc(e)amel stool, table < Late Latin scamellum, Latin scamillum, diminutive of Latin scamnum bench]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shambles - a condition of great disorderdisorderliness, disorder - a condition in which things are not in their expected places; "the files are in complete disorder"
	2.	shambles - a building where animals are butcheredabattoir, butchery, slaughterhousebuilding, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"

shambles

noun1. chaos, mess, disorder, confusion, muddle, havoc, anarchy, disarray, madhouse, disorganization The economy is a shambles.2. mess, state, jumble, tip, disaster area, untidiness The boat's interior was an utter shambles.

shambles

nounA ruinous state of disorder:botch, foul-up, mess, muddle.Informal: hash.Slang: screwup, snafu.

Translations

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shambles

(ˈʃӕmblz) noun singular a confused mess; (something in) a state of disorder. His room was a shambles; We're in a bit of a shambles at the moment. 一團亂，雜亂無章 混乱，杂乱

shambles

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