| 单词 | havoc |
| 释义 | havoc —havocker, n. /hav"euhk/, n. , v. , havocked, havocking. n. 1. great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage. 2. cry havoc, to warn of danger or disaster. 3. play havoc with, a. to create confusion or disorder in: The wind played havoc with the papers on the desk. b. to destroy; ruin: The bad weather played havoc with our vacation plans. v.t. 4. to work havoc upon; devastate. v.i. 5. to work havoc: The fire havocked throughout the house. [1400-50; late ME havok < AF (in phrase crier havok to cry havoc, i.e., utter the command havoc! as signal for pillaging), MF havot in same sense < Gmc] Syn. 1. desolation, waste. See ruin. |
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