| 单词 | shamble |
| 释义 | shamble shamble1 /sham"beuhl/, n. 1. shambles, (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a. a slaughterhouse. b. any place of carnage. c. any scene of destruction: to turn cities into shambles. d. any scene, place, or thing in disorder: Her desk is a shambles. 2. Brit. Dial. a butcher's shop or stall. [bef. 900; ME shamel, OE sc(e)amel stool, table < LL scamellum, L scamillum, dim. of L scamnum bench; cf. G Schemel] shamble2 /sham"beuhl/, v. , shambled, shambling, n. v.i. 1. to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle. n. 2. a shambling gait. [1675-85; perh. short for shamble-legs one that walks wide (i.e., as if straddling), reminiscent of the legs of a SHAMBLE1 (in earlier sense "butcher's table")] |
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