| 单词 | state of choss |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstate of choss 1. humorous. = chaos n. Usually in state of choss. Now somewhat dated. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [noun] > chaos havoc1480 chaos?1533 tohu-bohu1619 Tophet1837 carnage1848 choss1937 1937 M. Mitchell Let. 20 Oct. in Gone with the Wind Lett. (1986) 173 The excellent word our family used to denote the condition of our house when painters, paperers and upholsterers were ravaging it—‘choss’. We have been in a state of choss for some time, and the smell of newly painted woodwork was so bad that it gave both of us colds and bronchial coughs. 1968 D. Wallace Ashbury People xviii. 221 One's for ever in a state of choss or chassis and I hate it. 1983 New Society 63 384/2 The sitting room of the flat is always neat and tidy when visitors call, yet the invariable greeting is: ‘I'm sorry that the place is in such a state of choss.’ < as lemmas |
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