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词汇 shemozzle
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Definition of shemozzle in English:

shemozzle

(also schemozzle)
noun ʃɪˈmɒz(ə)lʃəˈmɑzəl
informal
  • A state of chaos and confusion; a muddle.

    〈非正式〉混乱(或脏乱、糊涂)状态

    the debate about climate change and how to deal with it is a shemozzle
    Example sentencesExamples
    • According to a prison officer ‘there was a right schemozzle just as Mass ended.’
    • And let us contrast it with the frequent shemozzles that characterise Her Majesty's Opposition, wherein disputes, dissent and debates rage.
    • It wouldn't do, either, to underestimate the parental anger over the shemozzle of the current meningitis vaccine programme.
    • I think it's absolutely fair to say that the immediate responses in dealing with the community exposure were a shemozzle.
    • Here's the upshot of the whole shemozzle as I see it.

Origin

Late 19th century: Yiddish, suggested by late Hebrew šel-lō'-mazzāl 'of no luck'.

Rhymes

nozzle

Definition of shemozzle in US English:

shemozzle

(also schemozzle)
nounʃəˈmɑzəlSHəˈmäzəl
informal
  • A state of chaos and confusion; a muddle.

    〈非正式〉混乱(或脏乱、糊涂)状态

    the debate about climate change and how to deal with it is a shemozzle
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Here's the upshot of the whole shemozzle as I see it.
    • I think it's absolutely fair to say that the immediate responses in dealing with the community exposure were a shemozzle.
    • And let us contrast it with the frequent shemozzles that characterise Her Majesty's Opposition, wherein disputes, dissent and debates rage.
    • According to a prison officer ‘there was a right schemozzle just as Mass ended.’
    • It wouldn't do, either, to underestimate the parental anger over the shemozzle of the current meningitis vaccine programme.

Origin

Late 19th century: Yiddish, suggested by late Hebrew šel-lō'-mazzāl ‘of no luck’.

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