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单词 shambles
释义

shamble1 /shamˈbl/

intransitive verb
  1. To walk with an awkward, unsteady gait
  2. To shuffle
noun

A shambling gait

ORIGIN: Poss from shamble2, in allusion to its trestle-like legs

shamˈbling noun and adjective

shamˈbly adjective

shamble2 /shamˈbl/

noun
  1. A butcher's market stall
  2. (in pl; usu treated as sing) a meat-market, hence, a slaughterhouse
ORIGIN: OE scamel (Ger Schemel) stool, from LL scamellum, dimin of scamnum a bench

shamˈbles singular noun

  1. A mess or muddle
  2. A place of carnage (figurative)

shambolˈic adjective

Chaotic

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