havoc
havoc
noun
play havoc with
noun
- [mass noun]widespread destruction
大破坏，大毁坏
the hurricane ripped through Florida causing havoc.
飓风席卷佛罗里达州造成巨大破坏。
■great confusion or disorder
大乱，混乱
schoolchildren wreaking havoc in the classroom.
学生们在教室里闹翻了天。
- [with obj.](archaic)lay waste to; devastate
(古)毁坏，摧毁
play havoc with
- completely disrupt; cause serious damage to
完全扰乱，完全打乱；毁坏
shift work plays havoc with the body clock.
轮班工作会对生物钟造成严重破坏。
- late middle English: from Anglo-Norman French havok, alteration of Old French havot, of unknown origin. The word was originally used in the phrase cry havoc (Old French crier havot) to give an army the order havoc, which was the signal for plundering
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- unshed adj.未流出的，未吐露的
- unshelled adj.未去壳的，未脱粒的，无壳的
- unsheltered adj.未遮盖的，无居所的
- unshift vi.松开打字机或键盘的字型变换键
- unshifted adj.（衣服）未更换的
- unship v.从船上卸，解下，被卸下
- unshirkable adj.（工作、责任等）无法逃避的
- unshirted adj.不穿衬衫的，赤裸裸的，不加装饰的
- unshod adj.赤脚的
- unshoe vt.从…脱下鞋，取下（马）的蹄铁
- unshorn adj.未剪过毛的，未修剪过的，未修面（或刮脸）的
- unshown adj.未被显示（或展示）的
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