chaos
US: /ˈkeɪɑs/
UK: /kˈeɪɒs/
UK: /kˈeɪɒs/
English Vietnamese dictionary
chaos /'keiɔs/
- danh từ
- thời đại hỗn nguyên, thời đại hỗn mang
- sự hỗn độn, sự hỗn loạn, sự lộn xộn
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
[U] a state of complete confusion and disorder: economic / political / domestic chaos + Heavy snow has caused total chaos on the roads. + The house was in chaos after the party. + The country was thrown / plunged into chaos by the President's death.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
formlessness, disorder, confusion; pandemonium, bedlam, turmoil, tumult; entropy:
The universe arose out of chaos. If you want to see chaos, look in any teenager's bedroom. There was chaos as the bank closed its doors and ceased trading.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
absolute, complete, total, utter | general | administrative, domestic, economic, financial, political, social, traffic
VERB + CHAOS
bring, cause, create, lead to
A serious road accident caused traffic chaos yesterday.
| end in, result in
The game ended in chaos.
| be plunged/thrown into, descend/slide into
The country is sliding into economic chaos.
| face | avert, avoid
CHAOS + VERB
break out, ensue
Chaos broke out when the fire started. I lost my bag in the ensuing chaos.
| reign, rule
The government collapsed and chaos reigned.
PREP.
in ~
The airport was in chaos during the strike.
PHRASES
on/to the brink of chaos
The country was brought to the brink of chaos.
| order out of chaos
His brave leadership has created order out of chaos.
| a route to chaos, a scene of chaos
Doctors worked day and night amid scenes of utter chaos.
| a state of chaos
Concise English dictionary
'keɪɒs
noun
+a state of extreme confusion and disorder
+the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
+(Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe
+(physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions
