havoc

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n. 大破坏, 蹂躏 vt. 严重破坏

发音

/ˈhævək/
AU /ˈhævək/
AU /ˈhævɪk/
US /ˈhævək/
US /ˈhævɪk/

词形变化

havocs 复数 havoced havocing havocked havocking havocs 三单 havocs havocking 现在分词 havocked 过去式 havocked 过去分词

别名

havok havock hauocke

教材释义与例句

名词

大破坏；浩劫；蹂躏

动词

严重破坏

动词

损毁

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Widespread devastation and destruction.

    浩劫

    不可数
  2. 2.

    Mayhem.

    不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To pillage.

  2. 2.

    To cause havoc.

interj.
  1. 1.

    A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

mayhem

上位词 1

disturbance

相关短语

play merry havoc with plays merry havoc with playing merry havoc with played merry havoc with cry havoc 下抢劫令 wreak havoc wreck havoc cried havoc cries havoc crying havoc play havoc 造成破坏 wreaks havoc wreaking havoc wreaked havoc wrought havoc

词源

From Middle English havok, havyk, from Old French havok in the phrase crier havok (“cry havoc”) a signal to soldiers to seize plunder, from Old French crier (“cry out, shout”) + havot (“pillaging, looting”), of obscure origin. Probably from a derivative of Old French *haf, hef (“hook”), from Frankish *haf, *habbjā, *happjā (“pruning-hook, scythe”), derived from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to take up, lift”), related to Old French havee (“handful”), Old French havet (“pruning-hook”), Old High German habba, heppa (“pruning-hook, scythe”), modern German Hippe (“billhook”). If so, then also related to English heave and doublet of hatchet.

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