| 单词 | to work havoc |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto work havoc P8. to work havoc: to cause destruction, chaos, or disorder; to wreak havoc. Frequently with work in past tense or past participle form wrought, which is sometimes interpreted as the past tense or past participle of wreak; cf. wreak v. 8b. ΘΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (intransitive)] > cause devastation to make stressa1400 to make havoc1480 ravage1604 to work havoca1774 to play (up) old gooseberry1827 to play havoc1910 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > become disordered [verb (intransitive)] > cause disorder to make havoc1480 to play the devil (also the very devil, the devil and all)1542 to play the dickens1771 to work havoca1774 to play smash1841 to play havoc1910 a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. xxvi. 48 The mighty strength of a ruling passion..might work havoc and devastation. 1806 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–98 (ed. 2) I. 218 They are subject also to a cutaneous disease that works great havoc among the bovine tribe. 1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea III. xvii. 369 A ricochet fire which..had been more or less working havoc in their ranks. 1913 St. Nicholas Nov. 37/2 Its men would pile up a writhing heap of arms and legs, beneath which would be the player who had wrought the havoc. 1931 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Sept. 7 Floods wreak havoc in French vineyards... Menacing floods..and downpours which wrought havoc in the wine-producing region. 1978 Washington Post 30 Nov. a14/2 Settlers who are prone to California dreaming,..and on whom..the anything-goes atmosphere and the wide-open spaces work havoc. 1984 Financial Times 4 June iii. p. vii A decade of inflation had wrought havoc with its portfolio of fixed interest mortgages. 2004 Independent 18 Aug. (Review section) 11/1 I had..increasingly witnessed the havoc wrought by viruses. < as lemmas |
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