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shambles
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
Learner's definition of SHAMBLES
: a place or state in which there is great confusion, disorder, or destruction凌乱；无序场面；杂乱无章
[singular]
- The city was a shambles after the hurricane.飓风之后，整个城市一片狼藉。
- This room is a shambles. [=mess]这个房间凌乱不堪。
- His life was a shambles after the divorce.离婚后他的生活一塌糊涂。
[noncount]
- The room was in shambles.房间凌乱不堪。
Did you know?
How does a word meaning "footstool" turn into a word meaning "mess"? Start with the Latin scamillum, meaning "little bench." Modify the spelling and you get the Old English sceamol, meaning "footstool" or "a table used for counting money or exhibiting goods." Alter again to the Middle English shameles, and the meaning can easily become more specific: "a table for the exhibition of meat for sale." Pluralize and you have the base of the 15th-century term shambles, meaning "meat market." A century takes shambles from "meat market" to "slaughterhouse," then to figurative use referring to a place of terrible slaughter or bloodshed (say, a battlefield). The scene of a slaughter can get messy, so it's logical for the word to pick up the modern sense "mess" or "state of great confusion." Transition accomplished.
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Ashley looks at this shambles of a person every day and sees someone else. 
Phil Christman, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022 In the dark, Ms. Ortiz tiptoed through a shambles of overturned cars and shattered glass to her Acura TSX. New York Times, 2 Dec. 2021 If California looks affordable compared with New York City, why would anyone who can afford to live elsewhere stick around in this shambles of a city? Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 10 Apr. 2021 The Shah Squad might be shaking in shambles after the premiere of Bravo's explosive new trailer for The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City season 3. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2022 The partners emerged with their fortunes mostly intact but their reputations in shambles. Adam Entous, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022 The Republican party, in shambles, stood shell-shocked at a crossroads. Laura Jedeed, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2022 In the zero-sum game of budgets, that means less money for shoring up infrastructure that is already in shambles. Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 27 July 2022 In the zero-sum game of budgets, that means less money for shoring up infrastructure that is already in shambles. New York Times, 27 July 2022 See More
Phil Christman, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022 In the dark, Ms. Ortiz tiptoed through a shambles of overturned cars and shattered glass to her Acura TSX. New York Times, 2 Dec. 2021 If California looks affordable compared with New York City, why would anyone who can afford to live elsewhere stick around in this shambles of a city? Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 10 Apr. 2021 The Shah Squad might be shaking in shambles after the premiere of Bravo's explosive new trailer for The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City season 3. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2022 The partners emerged with their fortunes mostly intact but their reputations in shambles. Adam Entous, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022 The Republican party, in shambles, stood shell-shocked at a crossroads. Laura Jedeed, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2022 In the zero-sum game of budgets, that means less money for shoring up infrastructure that is already in shambles. Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 27 July 2022 In the zero-sum game of budgets, that means less money for shoring up infrastructure that is already in shambles. New York Times, 27 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English shameles, plural of schamel vendor's table, footstool, from Old English sceamol stool, from Latin scamillum, diminutive of scamnum stool, bench; perhaps akin to Sanskrit skambha pillar
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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