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dishevel

/dih-shev-uhl/US // dɪˈʃɛv əl //UK // (dɪˈʃɛvəl) //

杂乱无章,乱糟糟的,乱七八糟,凌乱

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    di·shev·eled, di·shev·el·ing or di·shev·elled, di·shev·el·ling.

    • : to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
    • : to cause untidiness and disarray in: The wind disheveled the papers on the desk.

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Examples

  • I never can get them there girls of mine to dishevel themselves in time.

  • Rich chaplets these were, that the winds might not dishevel their comely hair, and this is true i' faith.

  • Men tear their garments; women dishevel their hair; all take off their ornaments, and disfigure their faces with ashes or clay.

  • I find it clear and very clarifying, after the innumerable hours I have spent in trying to dishevel him.