shambles
英 ['ʃæmb(ə)lz]
美
- n. 混乱；废墟；屠宰场（shamble的复数）
- v. 蹒跚而行（shamble的第三人称单数形式）
助记提示
1. Shambles Square 新夏波斯广场: 因为以前是卖肉的地方.
2. Shambles Glacier 尚布勒斯冰川: So named by the FIDS because of the very broken nature of the glacier's surface.
3. The Shambles 肉铺街: There are also streets known as "The Shambles" in other towns in the United Kingdom.
中文词源
shambles 屠宰场，混乱，废墟来自 shamble,肉摊，-s,复数后缀。引申词义屠宰场，比喻义混乱，肮脏之地。其原义见英国 相关街道名，如约克郡古街 The Shambles,曼彻斯特 Shambles Square,原先都是肉市场。
英文词源
- shambles (n.)
- early 15c., "meat or fish market," from schamil "table, stall for vending" (c. 1300), from Old English scamol, scomul "stool, footstool" (also figurative); "bench, table for vending," an early Proto-Germanic borrowing (Old Saxon skamel "stool," Middle Dutch schamel, Old High German scamel, German schemel, Danish skammel "footstool") from Latin scamillus "low stool, a little bench," ultimately a diminutive of scamnum "stool, bench," from PIE root *skabh- "to prop up, support." In English, sense evolved from "place where meat is sold" to "slaughterhouse" (1540s), then figuratively "place of butchery" (1590s), and generally "confusion, mess" (1901, usually in plural).
双语例句
- 1. I have never seen such a shambles in my life.
- 我一辈子都没见过这么乱七八糟的场面。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The ship's interior was an utter shambles.
- 船里面一片狼藉。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The economy is in a shambles.
- 经济混乱无序。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. We regard the band as a thorough shambles.
- 我们认为那个乐队一塌糊涂。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The press conference was a complete shambles.
- 记者招待会一片混乱。
来自《权威词典》