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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

chaos ['keɪɔs]
  1. 1. noun [u] 混乱

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

chaos [ˈkeɪɒs]
  1. 1. n.[u] 混乱无序
    There was traffic chaos around the centre of town after the accident.
    事故发生后,市中心附近交通一片混乱
  2. 2. noun [Person Name] 查奥斯
  3. 3. n.[u] 混沌
    Chaos is the original dark void from which everything else appeared.
    "混沌原始黑暗虚无那里一切其他事物起源
  4. 4. n.[u] [Myth] 卡俄斯
    KHAOS (or Chaos) was the first of the primeval gods to emerge at the creation of the universe.
    卡俄斯(混沌之神)是宇宙开创之初第一个远古神祗。
  5. 5. n.[u] [Physics] 混沌
    Turbulent motion can now be seen as an example of deterministic chaos.
    涡流运动现在被视作决定性混沌理论一个实例

Collins English-English Dictionary

chaos ['keɪɒs]
  1. 1. n complete disorder; utter confusion
  2. 2. n [usually capital] the disordered formless matter supposed to have existed before the ordered universe
  3. 3. n an obsolete word for abyss
  4. 4. n [Etymology] C15: from Latin, from Greek khaos; compare chasm, yawn

Examples

to slide into chaos/a depression
渐渐陷入混乱/消沉
She shattered the chattering wattmeter in the chaos.
她在混乱中打碎了格格作响的瓦特计。
There was traffic chaos around the centre of town after the accident.
事故发生后,市中心附近交通一片混乱。
KHAOS (or Chaos) was the first of the primeval gods to emerge at the creation of the universe.
卡俄斯(混沌之神)是宇宙开创之初第一个远古神祗。
There was a war on and all was chaos and confusion.
战争爆发了,到处都是一片混乱。
Subsequent bomb alerts caused travel chaos in the subway.
随后的炸弹警报引起了地铁站里行动混乱。
But then, in 1914, the whole of Europe plunged into the chaos and mass murder of World War One.
但是后来,在1914年,整个欧洲陷入一战的混乱和大杀戮中。

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