shambles英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A scene of great disorder or ruin. countable,uncountable

— Considering my life's in shambles right now, couldn't you at least take the blame?
A great mess or clutter. countable

— This bedroom is a shambles.
A scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation. countable
A slaughterhouse. countable
A butcher's shop. archaic,countable

— Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

动词 v.

third-person singular simple present indicative of shamble form-of,indicative,present,singular,third-person

词形变化

shambles plural

词汇关系

衍生词

fish shambles omnishambles shambolic shambolism shambly

词源

词源 1

From Middle English schamels, plural of schamel, from Old English sċeamol, sċamul (“bench, stool”), from Proto-West Germanic *skamul, *skamil (“stool, bench”), from Vulgar Latin scamellum, from Latin scamillum (“little bench, ridge”), from Latin scamnum (“bench, ridge, breadth of a field”).

词源 2

From Middle English schamels, plural of schamel, from Old English sċeamol, sċamul (“bench, stool”), from Proto-West Germanic *skamul, *skamil (“stool, bench”), from Vulgar Latin scamellum, from Latin scamillum (“little bench, ridge”), from Latin scamnum (“bench, ridge, breadth of a field”).