| 释义 |
ˈshambled, ppl. a.
[f. shamble v.1 + -ed1.]
1. Cut up or slaughtered as in the shambles. rare.
1900Daily News 26 May 3/3 To..slaughter the British soldiers like shambled deer.
2. U.S. Wrecked, ruined. Cf. shamble n.1 5 b.
1940Newsweek 17 June 21/2 (caption) Nazis photographed the shambled Dunkerque's water front. 1952Time 11 Aug. 25/1 (caption) Reconstruction of the shambled town..is expected to take at least five years. |