shambles

UK
/ˈʃæm.bəlz/
US
/ˈʃæm.bəlz/

Translations

shamblesnoun
shambles
pl
The office was in complete shambles after the party.
Офис был в полном хаосе после вечеринки.
The abandoned house was a shambles.
Заброшенный дом был в разрухе.
His room is always a shambles.
Его комната всегда в беспорядке.
Additional translations
shambleverb

shambles

shambled
Past Simple
shambled
Past Participle
shambling
Gerund
UK
/ˈʃæm.bəl/
US
/ˈʃæm.bəl/
He shambled down the street, lost in thought.
Он шаркал по улице, погружённый в мысли.
Antonyms
walk briskly
shamblenoun

shambles

pl

shambles
pl
UK
/ˈʃæm.bəl/
US
/ˈʃæm.bəl/
The office was in a complete shamble after the party.
Офис был в полном хаосе после вечеринки.
The abandoned house was a shamble, with broken windows and overgrown weeds.
Заброшенный дом был в разрухе, с разбитыми окнами и заросшими сорняками.
Additional translations

Definitions

shamblesnoun
A state of total disorder or chaos.
After the party, the house was left in a complete shambles.
A place of great disorder or confusion.
The office was a shambles after the unexpected resignation of the manager.
A scene of destruction or devastation.
The battlefield was a shambles after the intense fighting.
An abattoir or place where animals are butchered; a slaughterhouse (now chiefly historical).
In medieval times, cattle were driven through the streets to the shambles for slaughter.
A table or stall at which meat was sold in an open-air market (archaic).
The butcher stood behind his shambles on market day, calling out to passers-by.
shambleverb
To walk or move in an awkward, unsteady, or lazy manner.
After a long day at work, he shambled into the living room and collapsed onto the couch.
shamblenoun
A slaughterhouse or meat market (archaic).
Cattle were driven through the streets to the shamble at dawn.
A slow, awkward, or shuffling gait.
The exhausted runner made it to the finish line in a weary shamble.