chaos
/ˈ keɪɒs/noun
mass noun
1- complete disorder and confusion混乱：
snow caused chaos in the region.
降雪在当地引起了混乱。
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- Physics behaviour so unpredictable as to appear random, owing to great sensitivity to small changes in conditions【物理】混沌。
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- the formless matter supposed to have existed before the creation of the universe混沌（宇宙形成前的无形物质）。
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Chaos
Greek Mythology the first created being, from which came the primeval deities Gaia, Tartarus, Erebus, and Nyx【希腊神话】原始生命（由此衍生出原始神盖亚、塔尔塔罗斯、埃里伯斯和尼克斯）。
词源
late 15th cent. （denoting a gaping void or chasm， later formless primordial matter）： via French and Latin from Greek khaos 'vast chasm， void'.