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单词 shambles
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shamblesnoun [ S ]

uk/ˈʃæm.bəlz/us/ˈʃæm.bəlz/informal

a state of confusion, bad organization, or untidiness, or something that is in this state:

After the party, the house was a total/complete shambles.
Our economy is in a shambles.
The way these files are arranged is the biggest shambles I've ever seen.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Dirt & untidiness

  • a dog's breakfast idiom
  • bloodstain
  • blot
  • clutter
  • contaminant
  • contaminate
  • filthiness
  • fleck
  • grime
  • gunge
  • gunk
  • muck
  • pollutant
  • slovenly
  • slut
  • smear
  • smudge
  • speck
  • speckle
  • stain

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shamblesnoun [ U ]

us/ˈʃæm·bəlz/

a place or situation that is in a state of confusion or disorder:

The morning after the party, the house was a complete shambles.
The strike-shortened basketball season was a shambles.

Shambles is also a messy or confused state:

The candidate claimed that the economy was in (a) shambles.
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