n.[U]

1. 混乱；杂乱的一团（或一堆等）
   There was chaos in the town after the hurricane had struck.

   飓风过后，城里一片混乱。

   Without rules, people would live in a state of chaos.

   若无规则，人们将在混乱状态中生活。

2. 【书】（亦大写）（宇宙形成前的）混沌

n.

1. complete disorder and confusion.
   ▸Physics  the property of a complex system whose behaviour is so unpredictable as to appear random, owing to great sensitivity to small changes in conditions.
2. the formless matter supposed to have existed before the creation of the universe.