| 釋義 |
havocn. 1. indiscriminate slaughter,wholesale slaughter濫殺,大屠殺。 △Ham.5.2.378 (364): “This quarry cries onhavoc.”i.e. This heap of dead proclaims an indis-criminate slaughter. 這一堆死尸表明剛發(fā)生過一場(chǎng)屠殺。 2. merciless destruction,great disorder大破壞,大混亂。 △Tw.5.1.210 (202): “Away with him! Who hath made this havoc with them?”把他帶走! 是誰把他們弄得這樣狼狽不堪的? 3. signal for plunder 劫掠的信號(hào)。 pell-mell havoc: disordered plundering 混亂的搶劫。 △1H.IV.5.1.81:“Nor mood beggars,starving for atime / Of pell-mell havoc and confusion.”也從不會(huì)缺少那些一肚子悶氣的窮叫花子,他們自然盼望著一個(gè)天下大亂趁機(jī)大撈一把的日子。
havocvi. ravage,destroy,lay waste 蹂躪,破壞,毀壞。 △ H.V.1.2.172:“Playing the mouse in absence ofthe cat,/To 'tame and havoc more than she can eat.”扮演耗子的角色,當(dāng)貓兒不在,乘虛而入,即使東西吃不完,也要糟蹋破壞一番。 havoc[?h?v?k]n. & v.大破壞,嚴(yán)重破壞 ◇make havoc of造成大破壞 play havoc with造成混亂 ‖ havocked adj.嚴(yán)重破壞的 |