havoc

['hævək]

n. 大破坏, 混乱
vt. 破坏

例句与用法:

The earthquake has made great havoc of the city.

地震给这个城市造成了巨大的破坏。

The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.

地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。

词形变化:

动词过去式: havocked | 动词过去分词: havocked | 动词现在分词: havocking | 动词第三人称单数: havocs |

详细释义:

n.[U]

1. 大破坏, 浩劫

They had to rebuild their homes after the havoc of the hurricane.

遭受飓风的巨大破坏后, 他们不得不重建家园。

2. 大混乱, 大杂乱

A cow got into the garden and made sad havoc among the cabbages.

一头牛跑到菜园里, 把包心菜弄得乱七八糟。


短语词组:

play havoc with

1. 使陷入大混乱

His arrival played havoc with my plans.

他的到来打乱了我的计划。