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sham·bles /ˈʃæmblz/[复]
n.
[用作单或复]
1. 〈口〉混乱(场面)；毁坏(景象)；废墟
The room was a shambles after the dinner party. 宴会后房间里乱七八糟。
The rehearsal was a total shambles. 彩排搞得一塌糊涂。
The meeting ended in a complete shambles. 会议开得一团糟。
This year the coffee harvest is in shambles. 今年咖啡的收成很糟。
John was a shambles when he arrived at the office the next morning — sleep-starved, full of doubts. 第二天早晨约翰来到办公室时，因睡眠不足和满腹疑虑而心力交瘁。
She did a very poor job: she made a shambles of it. 她把事情办得很差劲，全让她搞糟了。
clean up the shambles of bombing 打扫轰炸后的瓦砾场
2. 〈古〉屠宰场
3. 残杀场面；屠杀场所
The place became a shambles. 这地方变成了屠场。
4. 〈英方〉〈古〉肉摊；肉店；肉市场
5. 〈废〉(陈列商品等的)柜台
[OE shamble table used by meat vendors < sceamel stool, bench < LL scamellum, 指小词 < L scamnum stool] |