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shambles 条5 z! E9 U& V$ {% u- G! i
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shambles /ˈʃæmblz/
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informal a state of total disorder〈非正式〉混乱, 一团糟:my career was in a shambles.我的事业一团糟。4 g; m1 K0 J; W: O- S
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a butcher's slaughterhouse archaic except in place names屠宰场(古词, 用于地名时除外)。
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–plural noun, [treated in sing.] ' U, p- i) d! u/ [0 P5 Y4 Y
1. ►[informal] a state of total disorder[非正式] 混乱,一团糟 »my career was in a shambles. 我的事业一团糟。$ A( S* c1 X( S$ x. P
2. ►a butcher's slaughterhouse (archaic except in place names)屠宰场(古词,用于地名时除外)* f8 O6 H5 G8 @& m! r8 U
► a scene of carnage大残杀场面 »the room was a shambles—their throats had been cut and they lay in a waste of blood. 屋里像屠场一样——他们的喉咙被割断,躺在一片血泊中。
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1. late Middle English (in the sense 'meat market'): plural of earlier shamble 'stool, stall', of West Germanic origin, from Latin scamellum, diminutive of scamnum 'bench'
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f9 I9 S9 i6 \) ?/ U% }- x这2.1 义项a scene of carnage 以及例句,也是NOAD才有的。例句译文,第2版也有改动。) l6 J4 U! @2 l
a scene of carnage
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第1版:大残杀场面
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( j l8 B# @. \+ m% i! [第2版scene条,下面恰好有a scene of carnage作为例子,还是译为“大屠杀的场面”。
; r+ M& @6 z% R! n1.1 a place, with the people, objects, and events in it, regarded as having a particular character or making a particular impression场面:a scene of carnage.大屠杀的场面。
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