Shambles

имя существительное [употребляется с глаголами в единственном числе] 1) разруха 2) [используется в разговорной речи] беспорядок, хаос; путаница, неразбериха Например: The house was a total shambles. — Дом был в полном беспорядке. 3) [устаревшее] бойня Синоним(ы): slaughterhouse

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Shambles

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 1. archaic a meat market 2. slaughterhouse 3. a. a place of mass slaughter or bloodshed Example: the battlefield became a shambles b. a scene or a state of great destruction; wreckage Example: the city was a shambles after the bombing c. (1) a scene or a state of great disorder or confusion Example: an economy in shambles (2) great confusion; mess

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