释义 |
shambles/ˈʃæmb(ə)lz/n. pl. (usu. treated as sing. 通常看作单数) 1 colloq. a mess or muddle [口]混乱;杂乱 the room was a shambles 房间里乱七八糟 2 a butcher's slaughterhouse 屠宰场 3 a scene of carnage 大屠杀场面 [pl. of shamble ‘stool, stall’ from Old English sc(e)amul via West Germanic from Latin scamellum, diminutive of scamnum ‘bench’] |