havoc

英['hævək]美['hævək]
  • n. 大破坏；混乱
  • vt. 破坏

    • 记忆方法

    谐音记忆法
    可用谐音法，谐音：h－have，a，voc－volcano。像火山爆发了一样——大破坏，混乱。
      noun(名词)
      1. 破坏，毁坏;混乱

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. 破坏，毁坏;混乱

      The storm wreaked (= caused) havoc in the garden, uprooting trees and blowing a fence down.

      风暴毁坏了花园，树被连根拔起，一排围栏也被刮倒了。

      The delay played (= caused) havoc with their travel arrangements.

      误点打乱了他们的旅行安排。

    小知识

    Havoc is a noun that means devastation or total mayhem. Havoc often wreaked by hurricanes, angry mobs, plundering Vikings, and wild parties that get out of control.

    If we trace havoc way back, we arrive at a crossroads. Some people believe that the word comes from the Old French havot, meaning “plundering, devastation,” while others argue that it was passed down to us from the Latin habere, meaning “to have, possess.” Either way you look at it, the meaning remains the same: widespread disorder or destruction.

    实用短语

    1. cry havoc

      下抢劫令

    2. wreak havoc

      肆虐

    3. cried havoc

      发出劫掠的信号

    4. to play havoc

      造成破坏

    5. play havoc with

      陷入大混乱

    6. damage make havoc of

      糟害

    7. havoc in the dragon's palace

      闹龙宫

    8. cause greater havoc than ever

      为害滋甚

    9. grinding machine havoc phenomenon

      飞磨

    常用短语

    1. wreak havoc

      肆虐；造成严重破坏

    2. play havoc with

      毁坏；使陷入大混乱

    单词用法

    词源考究
    来自诺曼法语crier hav.ok，即cry hav.oc，准许士兵抢劫的信号，词源不详，可能来自拉丁语habere，抓，占有，词源同habit，give(古义为拥有).

    同义词

    n.破坏;毁灭;荒废

    ravage  /  harm  /  damage  /  injury  /  devastation  /  destruction  /  ruin

    其他释义

    ruin  /  devastation  /  desolation  /  ravage  /  damage  /  harm  /  destruction  /  injury