Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - shambles
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Shambles
shambles
~ n informal a shambles a) an event or situation that is a complete failure because it has not been organized or planned properly (be (in) a shambles) (By 1985 the economy was in a shambles. | make a shambles of sth) (Potts, you made a complete shambles of that speech.) b) a place where there is a lot of damage, destruction, and confusion (This kitchen is a shambles!)
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If a place, event, or situation is a shambles or is in a shambles, everything is in disorder. The ship’s interior was an utter shambles... The economy is in a shambles. = mess N-SING ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun plural but singular or plural in construction 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 Date: 15th century 1. archaic a meat market 2. slaughterhouse 3. a. a place of mass slaughter or bloodshed the battlefield became a ~ b. a scene or a state of great destruction ; wreckage the city was a ~ after the bombing c. (1) a scene or a state of great disorder or confusion an economy in ~ (2) great confusion ; mess ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.) 1 colloq. a mess or muddle (the room was a shambles). 2 a butcher's slaughterhouse. 3 a scene of carnage. Etymology: pl. of shamble stool, stall f. OE sc(e)amul f. WG f. L scamellum dimin. of scamnum bench ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. употр. с гл. в ед. ч.: бойня the room was a regular shambles —- комната была залита кровью 2. разг. беспорядок, хаос; путаница, неразбериха her desk is a shambles —- у нее на (письменном) столе всегда разгром 3. руины, развалины to turn cities into shambles —- превращать города в развалины ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) бойня 2) разрушения, руины; to turn cities into shambles - превратить города в руины 3) coll. кавардак Syn: see slaughter-house ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1477, "meat or fish market," from schamil "table, stall for vending," from O.E. scomul, sceamel "stool, footstool, table for vending," an early Gmc. borrowing from L. scamillus "low stool," ultimately from scamnum "stool, bench." In Eng., sense evolved to "slaughterhouse" (1548), "place of butchery" (1593), and "confusion, mess" (1901). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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