chaos

confusion, disorder, disturbance, mess, chaos

这些名词均表示事物的混乱状态。
confusion: 指东西搅混在一起，凌乱得难以辨认；也可指思想混乱，以致无法进行正常的思维活动。
disorder: 正式用词，含义广泛。指事物因失去原有的秩序而造成混乱；也可指社会中的动乱或骚乱。
disturbance: 主要指社会中政治性的动乱、骚乱；也可指个人或少数人的闹事。
mess: 语气强，口语中较常用的非正式用词。指既混乱又肮脏，尤指人思想混乱或外表不整洁。
chaos: 着重指令人无能为力或感到绝望的混乱状态。突出没有很好的组织。

名词 chaos:

1. a state of extreme confusion and disorder
   同义词：pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness
2. the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
3. (Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe
4. (physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions

1. He sees that human stupidity and greed are about to plunge Europe into chaos.
   他看到人间的愚蠢和贪婪即将使欧洲陷入一片混乱。
2. After the failure of the electricity supplies the city was in chaos.
   电力供应中断，城市陷于混乱之中。

cha.os

n.（名词）
A condition or place of great disorder or confusion.
无秩序：极度混乱或紊乱的状态或地方
A disorderly mass; a jumble:
混乱：杂乱的一堆；乱成一团：
例句：
The desk was a chaos of papers and unopened letters.
桌上杂乱地堆放着一些纸张和未拆的信

Often Chaos The disordered state of unformed matter and infinite space supposed in some cosmogonic views to have existed before the ordered universe.
常作 Chaos 混沌世界：一些宇宙起源论认为的在有序宇宙形成以前的未成形物质和无尽空间的混乱状态
Obsolete An abyss; a chasm.
【废语】 深渊；裂缝

来源：
Middle English [formless primordial space]
中古英语 [未成形的原始空间]
from Latin
源自 拉丁语
from Greek khaos
源自 希腊语 khaos

【引伸】
chaot.ic
chaot.ically
adv.（副词）