chaos

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkeɪɒs/    美 /ˈkeɪˌɑs/|/ˈkæɪ.ɔs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony. uncountable,usually
  2. Any state of disorder; a confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration. uncountable,usually
    — to descend into chaos
  3. A behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time. uncountable,usually
  4. One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to law. uncountable,usually
  5. A vast chasm or abyss. obsolete,uncountable,usually
  6. A given medium; a space in which something exists or lives; an environment. obsolete,rare,uncountable,usually
    — What is in the centre of the earth, or is it pure element only, as Ariſtotle decrees inhabited as Paracelſus thinks with creatures, whoſe Chaos is the earth with Fairies, as the woods and waters according to him, are with Nymphes or as the ayre with ſpirits.

词形变化

chaoses plural

词汇关系

近义词
disorder
反义词
cosmos order
衍生词
antichaos antichaotic antichaotropic chaogenous chaoite chaolite chaological chaologist chaology chaomancy chaophilia chaophilic chaoplex chaoplexic chaoplexity chaoplexologist chaoplexology chaoptin chaos cooking chaoslike chaos magic chaosphere chaos theorist chaos theory chaotic chaotically chaotician chaoticist chaoticity chaoticness chaotization chaotize chaotolerance chaotolerant chaotrope chaotropic chaotropism chaotropy controlled chaos homeochaos homeochaotic hyperchaotic nonchaotic nonchaotically nonchaotropic primordial chaos semichaotic unchaotic
相关词
chao- entropy discord

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der.
Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos)
Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)lbor.
English chaos
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”). Doublet of gas, which was borrowed through Dutch. Displaced native Old English dwolma.
In Early Modern English, used in the sense of the original Greek word. In the meaning “primordial matter” from the 16th century. Figurative usage in the sense “confusion, disorder” from the 17th century. The technical sense in mathematics and science dates from the 1960s.
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