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shambling

/sham-buhl/US // ˈʃæm bəl //UK // (ˈʃæmbəl) //

摇摇晃晃,摇摇欲坠,摇摇晃晃的,蹒跚而行

Related Words

disorder紊乱,无序,无秩序,无序的disturb困扰,干扰,扰乱,骚扰scuff擦伤,擦伤的,刮伤,刮擦shift移位,转移,移,轮班confuse淆乱,混淆,迷惑,混乱disarray杂乱无章,混乱,混乱不堪,凌乱disorganize杂乱无章,乱七八糟,混乱,乱七八糟的scuffle混战,扭打,动乱,混战中intermix混在一起,混杂,混搭,混合disarrange乱序,紊乱,混乱,错乱discompose忧虑,扰乱,紊乱,扰乱气氛jumble杂乱无章,混乱,乱七八糟,乱七八糟的dislocate错位,脱臼,脱位,脱节disrupt中断,分裂,分散,破坏change变化,改变,更改,变革mess up弄乱了,弄乱,搞乱,搞乱了

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : shambles, a slaughterhouse.any place of carnage.any scene of destruction: to turn cities into shambles.any scene, place, or thing in disorder: Her desk is a shambles.
    • : British Dialect. a butcher's shop or stall.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbshuffle
Synonyms
change变化,改变,更改,变革confuse淆乱,混淆,迷惑,混乱disarrange乱序,紊乱,混乱,错乱disarray杂乱无章,混乱,混乱不堪,凌乱discompose忧虑,扰乱,紊乱,扰乱气氛dislocate错位,脱臼,脱位,脱节disorder紊乱,无序,无秩序,无序的disorganize杂乱无章,乱七八糟,混乱,乱七八糟的disrupt中断,分裂,分散,破坏disturb困扰,干扰,扰乱,骚扰intermix混在一起,混杂,混搭,混合jumble杂乱无章,混乱,乱七八糟,乱七八糟的scuff擦伤,擦伤的,刮伤,刮擦scuffle混战,扭打,动乱,混战中shift移位,转移,移,轮班break the deck打破牌局,破解牌局,打破牌,碎裂的甲板change the order改变顺序,更改顺序,改换顺序,改换次序mess up弄乱了,弄乱,搞乱,搞乱了

Examples

  • When Hurricane Gustav struck the Gulf Coast in 2008, leaving more than 100,000 Louisiana customers without power for over a week, Entergy’s grid was in shambles.

  • At least 21 people are dead, hundreds of homes are in shambles and the wreckage of people’s lives is strewn across the landscape.

  • My supposition is that North Korea does not want to be 90% dependent upon China for its economy, which is currently in a shambles under those circumstances, and is seeking a different kind of independence.

  • With his emotional life in shambles, Pauli took up drinking and smoking heavily.

  • The resulting chaos has left nearly 200,000 Americans dead and the economy in shambles.

  • The deck of the Frenchman was truly a shamble; not a spot appeared free from some dead or wounded occupant.

  • The men were past revolt now, they could only shamble dizzily about.

  • They could not walk, they could only shamble; they could not laugh, they could only leer.

  • His knees still knocked together in a loathsome paralysis, but he made effort to shamble forward.

  • It is called Shamble Oak because a butcher once used its hollow trunk to conceal stolen sheep.

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