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throw sth onto a shamble
该词为矿业术语，指提升矿石的一级台阶；复数为 shambles。
The workers throw the crushed ore onto a shamble.
工人们把碎矿石抛到逐级平台上。
逐级平台；阶梯式矿台
shambles — plural of shamble
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
逐级平台；阶梯式矿台
One of a series of platforms, one above another, used to raise ore by throwing it from one level to the next.
The workers throw the crushed ore onto a shamble.
工人们把碎矿石抛到逐级平台上。
采矿用语
逐级平台或壁龛之一,矿石被从一平台抛到上一平台,从而提升至更高处。
One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
The ore was thrown from one shamble to the next until it reached the top of the mine.
矿石被从一个逐级平台抛到下一个，直到它到达矿井顶部。
In the old mine, the shambles were arranged in a steep staircase along the rock face.
在旧矿井中，这些逐级平台沿岩壁排列成陡峭的阶梯。
The engineer measured each shamble to make sure the distance between platforms was not too great.
工程师测量了每个逐级平台，以确保平台之间的距离不太大。
该词为矿业术语，指提升矿石的一级台阶；复数为 shambles。
The workers throw the crushed ore onto a shamble.
工人们把碎矿石抛到逐级平台上。
此结构强调矿石在各级平台之间逐级传递。
The ore is thrown from one shamble to another.
矿石被从一个逐级平台抛到另一个逐级平台。
Not this
The ore is thrown from one shambles to the next.
Use this
The ore is thrown from one shamble to the next.
“shamble” 是可数名词，单数形式是 shamble，“shambles” 只是复数。在 one 之后必须用单数名词，因此不能写成 one shambles。
Not this
The shambles is used to hold the ore in the shaft.
Use this
The shambles are used to hold the ore in the shaft.
“shambles” 是 shamble 的复数形式，作主语时谓语动词要用复数 are；用 is 会犯主谓不一致的错误。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
Use shambles naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把shamble联想成“蹒跚”：矿石在逐级平台上被一级级抛高，像人蹒跚着一步步往上挪。记住shamble=台阶式矿台。
语域：formal 常见场景：mining engineering、historical ore-processing manuals、technical dictionaries 这是一个相当专门的技术用语，通常出现在矿业工程、矿石加工或相关的历史文献中；日常口语和一般写作中很少用到，多用于正式或专业书面语。
与 shamble 押韵的词有 amble、gamble、ramble、scramble、bramble，它们重读元音和后面的 /mbəl/ 相同。注意 lookalikes：ample /ˈæmpəl/ 和 sample /ˈsæmpəl/ 含 /p/ 而非 /b/；preamble /ˈpriːæmbəl/ 重读元音是 /iː/，并不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.